Programme

Tuesday, April 12

Campus Engelska Parken, Ihresalen (Ihre Hall), Thunbergsvägen 3H 

09:30-10:00 Registration and coffee
Opening of the conference
10.00-10.10 Welcome address by Anders Malmberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University
10.10-10.20 Speech by Anna Singer, Professor of Civil Law, Department of Law, Uppsala University
10.20-10.30 Speech by Dominika Borg Jansson, Doctor of Criminal Law, UCRS, Uppsala University
Session 1: Identifying and assisting victims of trafficking
10.30-10.50 Kajsa Wahlberg, Swedish National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking
Why is it important to identify victims of human trafficking?
10.50-11.10 Endrit Mujaj, Development Manager, the National Coordinators Office against Prostitution and Trafficking
Prostitution and trafficking. A multidisciplinary approach against prostitution and trafficking
11.10-11.30 Eugenio Ambrosi, Regional Director of IOM’s Regional Office for the EU, Norway and Switzerland
Experience, lessons learned and challenges in identifying and providing assistance to victims of trafficking and at risk groups
11.30-11.50 First round of discussions, chaired by the Chancellor of Justice Anna Skarhed
11.50-13.15 Lunch break
13.15-13.35 Speech by Her Majesty Queen Silvia
Session 2: Human trafficking in the 21st century
13.35-13.55 Britta Holmberg, Deputy Secretary General and Program Director at World Childhood Foundation
Building resilience through holistic support to families at risk – prevention and community reintegration
13.55-14.15 Kristiina Kangaspunta, Chief of the Crime Research Section, UNODC
Global trends and patterns of human trafficking
14.15-14.35 Lauren McCarthy, Assistant Professor in Legal Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Law enforcement's pursuit of trafficking cases in Russia
14.35-14.55 Siobhan Mullally, First Vice President of the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)
The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking: the refugee and migration crisis in Europe
14.55-15.15 Corinne Dettmeijer, Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children
Human trafficking in the digital age
15.15-15.35 Second Round of Discussions, chaired by Senior Lecturer Lena Holmqvist, Uppsala University
15.35-16.05 Coffee break
Session 3: Legal Issues and International Cooperation
16.05-16.25 Sumbul Rizvi, Head of Unit on Asylum and Migration at the Division of International Protection, UNHCR
The impact of human trafficking on refugees and stateless persons
16.25-16.45 Vineta Polatside, Senior Adviser and Head of Unit Task Force against Trafficking in Human Beings, Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)
Human trafficking in the 21st century, current and future trends
16.45-17.05 Dominika Borg Jansson, Doctor of Criminal Law, UCRS, Uppsala University
Trafficking from a holistic perspective
17.05-17.25 Carrie Pemberton Ford, PhD, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Applied Research in Human Trafficking (CCARHT)
“Who’s in the House? The Politics, Economics and Efficacy of the Nordic model – and its opponents” – the first fifteen years of a new approach to ‘managing sex work and its trafficking cousins’.
17.25-17.45 Third Round of Discussions, chaired by Professor Iain Cameron, Uppsala University