Twilight Judicial Seminar: Monday, 15 June

10/06/2009

A free seminar on people trafficking will take place on** Monday, 15 June 2009** in Sydney at 4.30pm. The seminar will look at the increasing number of people trafficking cases coming before the courts in Australia. The nature of offences in which people are forced into labour, including sexual servitude, is that there are likely to be few witnesses and limited physical evidence. This seminar will explore the difficulties that arise for judicial officers presiding in these cases. It will also look at the broader issues such as whether organised gangs are behind the ‘trade’ in people and the scope of the problem internationally.

The speakers are:

• Judge Ken Taylor� (District Court of NSW)

• Judge Michael McInerney (County Court of Victoria)

• Dr Anne Gallagher(Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project)

• Ms Wendy Abraham QC�

The venue for the twilight seminar is the State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street.

Registration:

Phone: 02 6125 6655 Fax: 02 6125 6651 Email: ea@njca.anu.edu.au Mail: The Director, National Judicial College of Australia PO Box 8102, ANU, ACT 2601�

10 June 2009