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Trafficking
Permanent Status
It's time to provide permanent protection of trafficked persons
Access to Justice
It's time to ensure effective access to justice
This means stronger human rights-based recourses, and implementing law reform that is non-punitive and recognizes trafficking in all its forms.
There are many access to justice barriers for trafficked persons, especially for those with precarious or undocumented status. Legal practitioners and service providers report this is the case whether seeking access to legal services or pathways to temporary or permanent protection.
CCR Anti-Trafficking Resources
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Images and messages to raise awareness about human trafficking in Canada. |
Report: National Forum on Human Trafficking 2019
On 27 November 2019 the Canadian Council for Refugees hosted a National Forum on Human Trafficking in Ottawa, Ontario, on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg people. The key theme of this year’s forum was protection and justice for trafficked persons
Some 80 people attended the forum, primarily from Ontario but also from Quebec, Nova Scotia, Alberta, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island. Participants included anti-trafficking advocates, migrant rights advocates, front-line service providers, academics, and government representatives.
Organizing the event in Canada’s capital provided an important opportunity for policymakers and the NGO sector to meet face-to-face and name how plans and policies actively work to protect or create vulnerabilities to human trafficking.
Issues
Anti-Trafficking Advocacy Strategy
The CCR calls on the federal government to adopt a holistic approach to human trafficking that favours prevention, social protections, accountability, and labour mobility.
Now more than ever is the time to focus attention on our demands, in light of the new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking (2019-2024).
Issues
Format
CCR Ontario Anti-Trafficking Networking Event
Date
Hosted by Legal Assistance of Windsor, the regional meeting will include:
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Networking activities
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Discussion on human trafficking cases, challenges and best practices for service provision, and experience and interest in systemic advocacy campaigning
Time
3:00pm to 6:00pm
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