Don't Trade Lives

Dear Attorney General

Human trafficking is a modern day form of slavery that affects more than 27 million people today.

Almost every country, including Australia, is involved in some way, either as a place of recruitment, of transit or the destination of trafficked people. Unfortunately, it’s often poor and impoverished families who silently pay the highest price, especially in Asia.

I call on the Australian government to combat trafficking and slavery by committing to:

• Increase funding to NGO anti-trafficking programs in the region
• Increase funding on protection and prevention interventions, in par with current funding on prosecution
• Ratify outstanding relevant UN protocols and conventions on human trafficking and child labour and encourage neighbouring governments to do the same
• Review Australian Government purchasing, including how the existing provisions about ethical procurement are currently being enforced to ensure it does not indirectly participate in exploited labour.

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