Contemporary Slavery Links

CAST: The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
Web address: http://www.trafficked-women.org
Email: cast@trafficked-women.org
Address: Little Tokyo Service Center
231 E. 3rd St., Suite G104
Los Angeles, California 90013
Notes: Founded in 1998, CAST is a network of not-for profit organizations, service providers and grassroots advocacy groups to highlight the issue of modern day slavery. CAST’s mission is to assist persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery-like practices and to work towards ending all instances of such human right violations.

CASMAS: Coalition Against Slavery in Mauritania and Sudan Web Web Address: http://members.aol.com/casmasalc
Email: CASMASALC@AOL.COM
Address: CASMAS
P. O. Box 3293
New York, NY 10027
Tel: (212) 774-4287
Notes: CASMAS is a human rights, abolitionist movement started by activists from Mauritania, Sudan, and the United States. The mission of CASMAS is to bring together abolitionists/human rights groups from Mauritania, South Sudan and North America to collectively fight for the eradication of institutionalized and chattel slavery and other forms of human rights violations in Africa, especially in Mauritania and Sudan.

CATW: Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Web Address: http://www.catwinternational.org
Email: info@catwinternational.org
Address: CATW has many regional and National Offices. All office locations and contact information is available on the web-site of CATW.
Notes: CATW is a non-governmental organization that promotes women's human rights. It works internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms, especially prostitution and trafficking in women and children, in particularly girls. CATW is composed of regional networks and of affiliated individuals and groups and serves as an umbrella that coordinates and takes direction from its them to work against sexual exploitation and in support of women's human rights.

Free the Slaves
Web Address: http://www.freetheslaves.net/
Email: info@freetheslaves.net.net
Address: 1326 14th St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 1.866.324.FREE; 202.588.1865
Fax: 202.588.1514
Notes: Free the Slaves has been founded by Americans who do not want to live in a world with slavery and pledges to use every donated dollar in the way that will end slavery the fastest. Contributions to Free the Slaves fund grassroots organizations working to liberate and rehabilitate slaves, educate policymakers about slavery, and raise awareness about modern slavery through the media and through public events, fund research to develop effective solutions to slavery, and build global partnerships to address slavery from all sides.

GAATW: Global Alliance against Traffic in Women
Web address: http://www.thai.net/gaatw/
Email Address: gaatw@mozart.inet.co.th
Address: the International Coordination Office
P.O. Box 36, Bangkok Noi Office,
Bangkok 10700, Thailand
Telephone: (662) 864-1427
Fax: (662) 864-1637
Notes: The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) was formed in 1994 at the International Workshop on Migration and Traffic in Women held in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is a global network of organizations and individuals and aims to ensure that the human rights of trafficked persons are respected and protected by authorities and agencies. The organization also aims to empower women at the grassroots level.

Global March Against Child Labour
Web Address: http://www.globalmarch.org
Email: yatra@del2.vsnl.net.in
Address: Global March Against Child Labour
L-6, Kalkaji, New Delhi - 19, India.
Tel : 91-11-26224899, 26475481.
Fax : 91-11-26236818
Notes: Global March Against Child Labour is a movement borne out of hope and the need felt by thousands of people across the globe - the desire to set children free from servitude. Global March movement began with a worldwide march when thousands of people marched together to jointly put forth the message against child labour.

Human Rights Internet
Web Address: http://www.hri.ca/welcome.asp
Email:hri@hri.ca
Address: Human Rights Internet
8 York Street, Suite 302
Ottawa, Ontario K1 N 5S6
Canada
Telephone: (1-613) 789-7407
Fax: (1-613) 789-7414
Notes: HRI was founded in 1976 to provide and exchange information within the human rights community worldwide. HRI has established communication with more than 5,000 organizations and individuals working for the advancement of human rights. HRI is dedicated to the empowerment of human rights activists and organizations. It also works to educate governmental and intergovernmental agencies and officials on human rights issues and the role of civil society.

iAbolish, The Anti-Slavery portal
Web Address: http://www.iabolish.com
Email: info@iabolish.com
Address: 198 Tremont St., #421
Boston, MA 02116
Telephone (toll free): 1-800-884-0719
Notes: iAbolish is a project of the American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG), a grassroots organization founded in 1993 to combat slavery around the world. AASG has broken a virtual media blackout on slavery and helped free over 45,000 slaves.

IHRLG: International Human Rights Law Group
Web Address: http://www.hrlawgroup.org
Email Address: HumanRights@hrlawgroup.org
Address: International Human Rights Law Group
1200 18th Street NW, Suite 602
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 202- 822-4600
Fax: 202-822-4606
Notes: The International Human Rights Law Group comprises human rights activists and legal professionals from over 20 countries engaged in advocacy, strategic human rights lawyering and training around the world. IHRLG seeks to empower local advocates to expand the scope of human rights protections and build human rights standards and procedures at the national, regional, and international levels. The group has launched the "Initiative against Trafficking in Persons" to assist advocates and NGOs in building advocacy, legal literacy, and case monitoring skills.

ILO: International Labor Organization
Web address: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/index.htm
Email: ilo@ilo.org
Address: 4, route des Morillons
CH-1211 Geneva 22
Switzerland
Tel: +41.22.799.6111
Fax: +41.22.798.8685
Notes: The International Labor Organization is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labor rights. The ILO formulates international labor standards in the form of Conventions and Recommendations setting minimum standards of basic labor rights: freedom of association, the right to organize, collective bargaining, abolition of forced labor, equality of opportunity and treatment, and other standards regulating conditions across the entire spectrum of work related issues.

IOM: International Organization for Migration
Web Address: http://www.iom.int
Email: info@iom.int
Address: 17, Route des Morillons
CH-1211 Geneva 19 - Switzerland
Tel: +41/22/717 9111
Fax: +41/22/798 6150
Notes: IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. As the leading international organization for migration, IOM acts with its partners in the international community to assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration management, advance understanding of migration issues, encourage social and economic development through migration, and uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants.

NSWP: Network of Sex Work Projects
Web address : http://www.nswp.org
Email: secretariat@nswp.org
Address: P.O. Box 13914
Mowbray 7705
Rep. of South Africa
Tel: +27 21 448 2883
Fax: +27 21 448 4947
Notes: The Network of Sex Work Projects was formed in 1991 and consists of sex workers and organizations which provide services to sex workers in over 40 countries. NSWP aims to provide practical information and opportunities for information sharing among organizations and projects which provide services to men, women, and transsexuals who work in the sex industry. They advocate policies and action at the regional and global level to further the human rights of sex workers such as the right to health and a safe working environment free from abuse, violence and discrimination. NSWP believes the anti-sex work and anti-trafficking agenda is a threat to sex workers’ health and human rights.

Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery:
Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, United Nations
Web address: http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
Email: webadmin.hchr@unog.ch
Address: OHCHR-UNOG
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone: (41-22) 917- 9000
Fax: (41-22) 917- 9016
Notes: The fund was established by the General assembly in 1991. The purpose of the fund is to assist non-governmental organizations dealing with contemporary forms of slavery and to provide, through the established channels of assistance, humanitarian, legal and financial aid to individual victims of such violations.

UN Links

Human Rights

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR): http://www.unhchr.ch

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the full text of which appears in the following pages:
http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/1.shtml

Slavery, Servitude, Forced Labour and Similar Institutions and Practices

Slavery Convention , signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926.
http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/28.shtml

Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, adopted at Geneva on 7 September 1956.
http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/30.shtml

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families , adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990.
http://193.194.138.190/html/menu3/b/m_mwctoc.htm

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, approved by General Assembly on 2 December 1949 and entered into force in 1951.
http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/33.shtml

Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, entered into force April 30, 1957.
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/f3scas.htm

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, (2001).
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/trafficking.html

Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Crime (2001).
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/smuggling.html

ILO Conventions: All Convention texts from C1 in 1919 to C184 in 2001.
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/arab/docs/convdisp1.htm

Rights of the Child

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 November 1989.
http://www.unicef.org/crc/fulltext.htm

Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child:

1) Optional protocol on Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography, entered into force on 18 January 2002.
http://www.unicef.org/crc/annex2.htm

2) Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, entered into force on 12 February 2002.
http://www.unicef.org/crc/annex1.htm

Women’s Rights

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, entered into force 1981.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw.htm

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, entered into force 22 December 2000.
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/opt_cedaw.htm

United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM):
http://www.unifem.org/

Womenwatch: UN Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/

The United Nations Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform/index.html

Commission on the Status of Women
http://www.un.org/Conferences/Women/PubInfo/Status/Scrn5.htm

United States Information Agency Resources to Protect Women's Human Rights
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/global/traffic