Education, public information and network building
By defining human trafficking as “multiple discrimination accompanied by the worst form of gender violence,” IMADR has successfully mobilized activists with different views over prostitution. It has forged a worldwide network of contacts through the process of organizing international conferences and workshops on the “elimination of human trafficking” in Japan, South East Asia, South Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Swizerland. These include seminars in Tokyo, Bangkok, Colombo and Geneva, as well as workshops held on occasions such as the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre (2005) and Mumbai (2004), the Asia Social Forum, the World Conference Against Racism (Durban, 2001), the World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995), and the UN Human Rights Sub-commission’s Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery.
It is through this process that IMADR succeeded in sharing with the OHCHR and other UN bodies, as well as with the NGO community, the view that human trafficking should be seen as exploitative migration. In particular, IMADR contributed to the UN level
agenda-setting by introducing the concept of “multiple discrimination,” included in the Working Paper submitted to the UN Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery in 1998.
By working together with academic experts and research institutes, IMADR aims to expand its international network and strengthen its theoretical basis. Over the past few years, IMADR has participated in a cross-national research project on the impact of the "War on Terror" on the human security of migrants, as well as cooperated with the Open Research Project on "Human Security in the Networks of Global Cities," a project of the Center for Human Security Studies at Chubu University (located in Aichi, Japan). Since 2003, IMADR has been working in close coordination with the “Study Group on Human Security, Human Trafficking and Exploitative Migration” set up under the Center for Asia Pacific Partnership (CAPP) of Osaka University of Economics and Law.
Contents
- Multi-topic Issues
- Descent-based discrimination
- Human Trafficking & Exploitative Migration
- Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
- Minority Rights
- UN Human Rights Mechanisms
- Racism in the Justice System
Related Information
- List of public seminars and workshops organized by IMADR / IMADR-JC (1994-2007) （PDF54KB)
- Panel Session at the World Social Forum “The Struggle against Exploitative Migration Especially Trafficking of Women and Children" (January 20 04, Mumbai) （PDF34KB)
- Workshop at the World Conference Against Racism “Promoting Human Security to Prevent Exploitative Migration in Africa” (August 2001, Durban) （PDF183KB)
- "NGO Consultation with UN/IGOs on Trafficking in Persons, Prostitution and the Global Sex Industry" (June 1999) （PDF306KB)
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