Call for Papers - International Conference on Anti Human Trafficking Initiatives: Theory to Practice

International Conference on

Anti Human Trafficking Initiatives : Theory to Practice

25th & 26th November, 2017

Rabindranath Tagore Centre, Indian Council for Cultural Relations(ICCR), Kolkata

Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre- Loreto in association with The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Justice and Care & International Justice Mission will be hosting a two day international conference on Anti-Human Trafficking. Human Trafficking, is one of the principal human rights concerns in South-Asia and is also a global concern. Anti-Human Trafficking initiatives require concerted actions between law enforcement agencies, social workers, civil society organizations and other instrumentalities of the state. For many years, these different actors have been working within their domains to study the problems and arrive at solutions. There has however, been, very limited interactions between these set of actors. The conference aims to bring them together on a single platform to facilitate exchange of ideas, sharing of experiences and setting the agenda for further action.

The conference calls for papers from Activists, Researchers and Practitioners on the issues identified below:

Commercial sex trade human trafficking: trends, issues and challenges
Unsafe migrations, armed conflicts, displacements and human trafficking.
Trafficking in climate change, disasters and forced movements scenarios
The internet, technology and trafficking: challenges, concerns and opportunities
Justice for survivors: rehabilitation and re-integration (theory and practice)

Children in conflict with law and the trafficking apparatus.
Combating human trafficking: legal responses and challenges.
The role of NGOs and CSOs in anti-human trafficking efforts: experiences and challenges.
Sharing of best practices models in South-Asia.

Interested participants are to send their abstracts (not less than 500 words) to the address: antitraffickingsecretariat@gmail.com on or before 15^th September 2017. Accepted abstracts will be notified on or before 30^th September 2017. The complete papers must reach us on or before 20^th October 2017.

Registration Fee

International Participants	50 USD
Indian Participants (for selected abstracts, per participant)	1500 INR
Indian Participants (Professional delegates who are not presenting papers)	2000 INR
Students (delegates who are not presenting papers) in Kolkata	500 INR
Students (delegates who are not presenting papers) from out of Kolkata	1000 INR
Local NGOs	500 INR

The registration fee will cover accommodation (on a twin sharing basis) lunch, tea and other refreshments for the two days of the conference.

N.B: participants from Kolkata & neighbouring districts will not be provided any accommodation facilities.

There may a limited number of fee waivers and travel assistance funds that the organizers will be able to provide for participants whose papers are selected for presentation. If you require such a waiver, please write to us, when submitting the abstracts about why you require a waiver/travel assistance.

For any clarifications, the organizers can be contacted via e-mail at: antitraffickingsecretariat@gmail.com

Ms. Carmela Grillone	University of Palermo, Italy
Ms. Nere Garcia Llorente	Fundacion Trabe Calle Cardenal Solis 3, Bajo. 28012, Madrid. Spain
Ms. Aishwarya Deb Mr. Prithwish Roy Chowdhury	1. Master of Laws (LLM) NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad 2. Advocate Calcutta High Court
Prof. Toli Achumi	Professor at the Political Science Department, Yingli College, Nagaland with PhD on Human Rights
Prof. Pavithra Roy Chowdhury Prof. Manisha Manaswini	1. Assistant Professor of School of Law, Christ University 2. Faculty Associate, KIIT School of Law, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar
Ms. Anushikha Thompson Mr. Gaurav Kumar Tomar	1. Advocacy professional with Masters in Sociology. Advocacy & Networking Officer, Chetanalaya, New Delhi. 2. Legal Officer, Chetanalaya
Ms. Damen Queen	PhD research scholar at Bishop Heber College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu. Assistant Professor in P.G Department of Social Work, (SF), Madras School of Social Work, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
1. Ms. Aditi Singh 2. Ms.Shirley Mody	1. Student of 3rd Year Symbiosis Law School, Pune BA.LLB(Hons) 2. Student of 4th year BBA.LLB (Hons) Symbiosis Law School, Pune
Ms. Paavani Gupta Ms. Mreganka Kukreja	1. Third Year, BBA LLB (Hons.) Symbiosis Law School, Pune 2. 2. Third Year, BBA LLB (Hons.) Symbiosis Law School, Pune
Ms. Jeanne Francoise	Indonesia Defence University
Ms. Parvathy Mohan	Final year student of three year law course at Government Law College, Mumbai.
Ms. Aporupa Mary Soren	B.A. LL.B National Law University, Delhi DSS Mansion, Pancham Nagar, Dipatoli, Pundag, Ranchi
Ms Rajashree Goswami Prof.(Dr.)Gyan Prakash Pandey	1. Research Scholar, Department of Mass Communication, Assam University, Silchar 2. Head of the DepartmentDepartment of Mass Communication Assam University, Silchar
Dr. T. Amritha Mary	Assistant Professor, Madras School of Social Work
Ms. Joyatri Ray	Social Development Professional and Social Researcher