Combating Human Trafficking<br>Around the World

Combating Human Trafficking
Around the World

Project location: Global

Dates: 2013 – Ongoing

About our work

In 2013, New Perimeter launched a multi-faceted initiative to combat human trafficking globally through research, advocacy and capacity-building. This work complements DLA Piper’s domestic pro bono efforts to represent individual trafficking survivors with certain legal needs.

Key deliverables

    • Prepared a template contract and memorandum of understanding to protect domestic workers traveling from one country to another for employment
    • Researched trafficking victim compensation options around the world
    • Participated in a training program on Internet-facilitated human trafficking in Thailand
    • Provided analysis and recommendations on draft anti-trafficking legislation in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region
    • Provided a primer on asserting jurisdiction in instances of trafficking that occur at sea
    • Provided a comparative analysis of international law and Singapore’s domestic anti-human trafficking legislation
    • Researched statutory and case law criminalizing sex trafficking and bonded labor in Bangladesh.

Key facts

New Perimeter has an agreement with the TIP Office to work cooperatively with US and foreign governments and civil society organizations to fight human trafficking.

Featured staff

Program manager: Crystal Doyle

Program partners