Our Corps has participated with the Stop the Traffick campaign to write to the House of Representatives and Senate asking for copmensation for victims of Human Trafficking.
In 2005 Australia ratified the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. This supplemented the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime.
Article 6.6 of the protocol states that each State Party shall ensure that its domestic legal system contains measures that offer victims of trafficking in persons the possibility of obtaining compensation for damages suffered.
However Australia has failed to provide direct avenues for survivors to pursue compensation.
While Australia has recognised that there have eben over 175 victims of human trafficking brought to Australia (this is not an overseas issue!) since 2004, only a handful have been able to obtain compensation through the state government crimes compensation schemes.
Today we have sent off our petition to join with the others in the campaign.
If you would like further information, look at the Stop the Traffick website (making sure you look at the Australian one... often if you search stop the traffick you will get the UK site).
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