International Day for the Abolition of Slavery occurs annually on 2 December every year. What is presented in this post are selections from a report on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in Australia during the year 2022, as compiled by the Australian Institute of Criminology.
Australian Federal Police
The Unbearable Silence: A Call to Action for Missing Persons
National Missing Persons Week happens during the first week of August each year. This is an annual week of action that takes place in Australia during the first week of August to raise awareness of the significant issues surrounding missing persons. The week is also used to profile long-term missing persons, and to educate the Australian community. This year’s National Missing Persons Week campaign will focus on 8 missing Australian women.
30 July: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
The campaign for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2023 aims to raise awareness of disturbing developments and trends identified by the latest UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons and calls on governments, law enforcement, public services, and civil society to assess and enhance their efforts to strengthen prevention, identify and support victims, and end impunity.
To #EndHumanTrafficking, we cannot allow this crime to be met with increasing indifference and impunity. We must strengthen resilience against exploitation and the underlying socio-economic and cultural issues that are conducive to trafficking. We must sensitize everyone to the topic of human trafficking and thus push attention towards those who can make a difference in terms of changing policy and national resource management to strengthen prevention measures, improve identification of victims, increase support of survivors and end impunity.