RESOURCES ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
VICTIM/SURVIVOR ADVOCACY
The IOM Handbook: Direct Assistance for Victims of Trafficking (International Organization for Migration)
(http://www.iom.int/jahia/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/shared/mainsite/published_docs/books/CT%20handbook.pdf)
Interviewing Trafficked Person’s Guidelines (World Health Organization)
(http://www.who.int/gender/documents/en/final%20recommendations%2023%20oct.pdf)
Human Trafficking Service Provider Manual for Certified Domestic Violence Centers Florida Coalition
Against Domestic Violence
(http://www.fcadv.org/sites/default/files/Human%20Trafficking%20Manual%20for%20FL%20DV%20Centers.pdf
)
Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocate and Sexual Assault Handbook on Human Trafficking Florida
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
(http://www.fcadv.org/sites/default/files/Human%20Trafficking%20Handbook%20for%20advocates%20English.pdf
)
Trafficking: Considerations & Recommendations for Battered Women's Advocates
Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence (http://www.apiidv.org/files/Trafficking-Considerations.Recs-APIIDV-2012.pdf)
Services Available to Victims of Human Trafficking: A Resource Guide for Social Service Providers
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/orr/traffickingservices_0.pdf)
Assisting Trafficking Survivors Information Packet (prevalence of sexual violence) NSVRC National Sexual Violence Resource Center
(http://nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/publications_nsvrc_guides_human-trafficking-victimadvocates.pdf)
Human Trafficking and the T-Visa (Legal Momentum)
(http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/immigration/human-trafficking/tools/11_T-visa-MANUAL-ES.pdf/view)
Creating Trauma-Informed Services Tipsheet Series
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health (http://www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org/publications-products/creating-trauma-informed-services-tipsheetseries-for-advocates/)
Case Worker Privilege Fact Sheet (CAST)
(https://www.ovcttac.gov/TaskForceGuide/EGuide/media/6.8/privilege_fact_sheet%20finaldoc1.pdf)
Human Trafficking & Reproductive Rights (Freedom Network)
(http://freedomnetworkusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Reproductive-Rights-HT-Policy-Paper-20130213.pdf)
Human Trafficking and Sexual Assault (Freedom Network)
http://freedomnetworkusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/FN-Factsheet-Sexual-Assault-FINAL-9-19-12.pdf
Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence (Freedom Network)
(http://freedomnetworkusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/FN-Factsheet-Human-Trafficking-and-DomesticViolence-Updated-Sept-2012.pdf)
Trafficking Assessment Tools (Polaris Project)
(https://na4.salesforce.com/sfc/p/300000006E4SaV4jmtVT5.WuBSHAg9wW1YEER.s)
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LEGAL ADVOCACY
Identification and Legal Advocacy for Trafficking Survivors, 3rd Edition* (T-Visa Manual)
New York Anti-Trafficking Network (http://aaldef.org/docs/T-visa-manual-3rd-ed%281208%29.pdf)
Immigration Relief for Crime Victims (U-Visa Manual) New York Anti-Trafficking Network (http://nyatn.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/u-manual-finald.pdf)
Meeting the Legal Needs of Human Trafficking Victims: An Introduction for Domestic Violence Attorneys
and Advocates, American Bar Association
(http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/2011_build/domestic_violence/dv_trafficking.authcheckd
am.pdf)
Civil Litigation on Behalf of Victims of Human Trafficking
The Immigrant Justice Project, a Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (http://cdna.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/downloads/splc_human_trafficking.pdf)
Human Trafficking Cases: How and Why to Use an Expert Witness
(http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/domviol/pdfs/Trafficking_Experts.authcheckdam.pdf)
Immigration Materials Packet (ASISTA)
(http://www.asistahelp.org/documents/resources/immigration_materials_2011_packet_454C412801001.doc)
Representing Survivors of Human Trafficking (ILRC) for sale
(http://www.ilrc.org/publications/representing-survivors-of-human-trafficking)
Trafficking Victims’ Protection Act (TVPA)
TVPA of 2000: (PL 106-386): http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=106_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ386.106.pdf. TVPRA of 2003 (PL 108-193): http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ193.108.pdf. TVPRA of 2005 (PL 109-164): http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ164.109.pdf . TVPRA of 2008 (PL 110-457): http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ457.110.pdf.
U Visa
U Visa Regulations (http://www.asistahelp.org/documents/resources/uvisainterimregs_BD7AF41C2BC65.pdf)
U Visa Adjustment of Status Regulations
(http://www.asistahelp.org/documents/resources/U_adjustment_regulations preamble F4445D721C7D1.pdf)
Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status
(http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c70ab
2036b0f4110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a
1RCRD)
LAW ENFORCEMENT ADVOCACY
U Visa Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies And Prosecutors
(http://iwp.legalmomentum.org/reference/additional-materials/iwp-training-powerpoints/february-15-2013collaborating-with-le/Final%20LE%20PROS%20Toolkit%201.29.13.pdf)
Gaining the Trust of Your Victim-Witness: A Guide for Law Enforcement Working Human Trafficking
Cases (Global Freedom) http://globalfreedomcenter.org/GainingTrustGFC.pdf
Continued Presence for Victims of Human Trafficking (Brochure)
(http://www.ice.gov/doclib/human-trafficking/pdf/continued-presence.pdf)
U-Visa Law Enforcement Certification Resource Guide
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http://www.asistahelp.org/documents/resources/DHS_U_Visa_Certification_Guide_6513664884884.pdf
The Crime of Human Trafficking: A Law Enforcement Guide to Identification and Investigation
International Association of Chiefs of Police (video also) (h
http://www.theiacp.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=W 7b9hV6wn%2bA%3d&tabid=372)
Anti-Human Trafficking Manual for Criminal Justice Practitioners (UNODC)
Interviewing Victims of Trafficking In Persons Who Are Potential Witnesses (h
http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/TIP_module8_Ebook.pdf)
COLLABORATION RESOURCES
Collaborating to Help Trafficking Survivors: Emerging Issues and Practice Pointers Futures Without
Violence
(http://www.endabuse.org/userfiles/file/ImmigrantWomen/Collaborating%20to%20Help%20Trafficking%20Surviv
ors%20Final.pdf)
Federal Efforts to Assist Victims of Human Trafficking
(http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/orr/fact_sheet_federal_efforts_to_assist_victims_of_human_trafficking.pdf)
Task Force Information Sharing ( OVC guide)
(https://www.ovcttac.gov/TaskForceGuide/EGuide/WebHelp/11c_5.3_Information_Sharing.htm)
Service Provision Tracking Form (data on services provided to foreign national victims of HT)
(https://www.ovcttac.gov/TaskForceGuide/EGuide/media/5.7/ovc%20ttac%20data%20collection%20forms/3servi
ceprovisionform.pdf)
NGO’S Key Partners for Law Enforcement
(https://polarisproject.adobeconnect.com/_a983384736/ngoandlepartnerships/)
Victim Centered Response Tools & "Collaboration Leads to Success" video case study.
(https://www.ovcttac.gov/TaskForceGuide/EGuide/WebHelp/12_6_Victim_Centered_Response.htm)
An Effective Model of Case Management Collaboration for Victims of Human Trafficking
Journal of Global Social Work Practice, Volume 3, Number 1, May/June 2010
(http://www.globalsocialwork.org/vol3no1/Siniscalchi.html)
BJA/OVC Human Trafficking Taskforces Map
(https://www.bja.gov/Programs/40HTTF.pdf)
Sample Task Force Protocols
Austin Human Trafficking Task Force
(https://www.ovcttac.gov/TaskForceGuide/EGuide/media/5.7/austin%20human%20traff%20generic%20protocol.pdf)
Southern Nevada Human Trafficking Task Force
(https://www.ovcttac.gov/TaskForceGuide/EGuide/media/5.7/southern%20nv.%20human%20trafficking%20task%
20force%20protocol%201-09.pdf)
REPORTS
Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2008-2010 (April 2011)
(http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cshti0810.pdf)
Trafficking in Persons Report 2001-2012 (http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt)
Global Estimate of Forced Labour Executive summary, International Labour Organization, June 2012
(http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---declaration/documents/publication/wcms_181953)
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U.S. GOVERNMENT DOMESTIC ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/123133.htm)
International Association of Chiefs of Police (http://www.theiacp.org/research/VAWPoliceResponse.html)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement Department of State:
(www.state.gov/g/tip/#at)
Department of Justice:
(www.ojp.usdoj.gov)
Office for Victims of Crime:
(www.ovc.gov/help/tip)
National Institute of Justice:
(http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/crime/humantrafficking/welcome.htm)
ANTI-TRAFFICKING NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
National Human Trafficking Resource Center:
(http://nhtrc.polarisproject.org)
Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking:
(http://www.endslaveryandtrafficking.org/)
Freedom Network:
(www.freedomnetworkusa.org)
Not for Sale:
(www.notforsalecampaign.org)
Polaris Project:
(www.polarisproject.org)
Safe Horizon:
(www.safehorizon.org)
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
(www.castla.org)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Legal Momentum/ National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project: (http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu)
ASISTA: ( www.asistahelp.org) (legal and advocacy resources)
Futures Without Violence: (http://www.endabuse.org/content/features/detail/794/)
Caring for Trafficked Persons Guidelines for Health Providers
(http://genderviolence.lshtm.ac.uk/files/2009/10/Caring-for-Trafficked-Persons-Handbook.pdf)
Turning Pain into Power: Trafficking Survivor’s perspectives on Early Intervention Strategies
Futures Without Violence (http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/userfiles/file/ImmigrantWomen/Turning%20Pain%20intoPower.pdf)
Culture Handbook (Futures Without Violence)
(http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/userfiles/file/ImmigrantWomen/Culture%20Handbook.pdf)
Glossary of Terms
(http://iwp.legalmomentum.org/immigration/introduction-to-immigration-relief-for-immigrant-victims/Glossary-ofImmigration-Terms.pdf)
LANGUAGE ACCESS
Resource Guide for Advocates & Attorneys on Interpretation Services for Domestic Violence Victims
http://www.apiidv.org/files/Interpretation.Resource.Guide-APIIDV-7.2010.pdf
Tip Sheet: Interpretation Services
http://www.apiidv.org/files/TipSheet.Interpretation.Services-APIIDV-2009.pdf
Tip Sheet: Developing Language Access Plans
http://www.apiidv.org/files/TipSheet.Language.Access.Plan-APIIDV-2009.pdf
Tip Sheet: Working with Interpreters and Addressing Problems
http://www.apiidv.org/files/TipSheet.Work.with.Interpreters-APIIDV-2009.pdf
VIDEOS
Responding to Victims of Human Trafficking-A Training Video for Victim Service Providers (April 2008),
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Office of Victims of Crime OVC
This 20-minute DVD produced with the assistance of Safe Horizon, addresses the need for the victim services field to work in partnership with those who provide services to immigrants and with other allied practitioners to
better serve victims of human trafficking. ( http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/other.htm)
Dreams Die Hard, Free the Slaves
Maria was enslaved as a domestic servant and victim of sexual exploitation in southern California."Miguel" was enslaved in Florida, where his captor used violence to force him and many others to harvest tomatoes. Christy
and Rose were enslaved in Maryland, where they worked as domestic servants after being taken from their native Cameroon. (http://www.freetheslaves.net/Page.aspx?pid=316)
Slavery 101, Free the Slaves
This 12 minute video is a powerful, succinct introduction to modern day slavery. Slaves from around the world share their stories. (http://freetheslaves.madebysurvivors.com/category-s/8.htm)
Dying to Leave (2003)
Dying to Leave explores the current worldwide boom in illicit migration and human trafficking. (http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/2396439441.html)
Not for Sale (2007)
This documentary, based on the book Not For Sale by David Batstone, covers what modern-day abolitionists are
doing to fight the rampant terrors of human trafficking in the United States and abroad. (www.notforsalefilm.com)
Cargo Innocence Lost (2007)
This documentary unveils the dark underworld of sex trafficking through compelling interviews with some of the
country's top officials on the subject, victims' advocates and victims themselves, who were rescued in Texas. (www.cargoinnocencelost.com)
Lives for Sale (2007)
This one-hour investigative documentary exposes the painful, rarely seen human side of illegal immigration,
including the growing black market trade in human beings. (www.livesforsale.com)
RESCUE & RESTORE CAMPAIGN
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/rescue_restore/index.html http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/campaign_kits/index.html
Books
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Ending Slavery: How We Free Today’s Slaves, Kevin Bales
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, Kevin Bales
Understanding Global Slavery: A Reader, Kevin Bales
To Plead Our Own Cause: Personal Stories by Today’s Slaves, Kevin Bales & Zoe Trodd
Nobodies, John Bowe
The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today, Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter
STORIES
Michigan (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2012-01-22-us-human-trafficking_N.htm)
Nashville (http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/3-convicted-in-somali-sex-trafficking-case-in-us/516071)
Minneapolis (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41446307/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/somali-gangs-move-sextrafficking-fraud/)
New Jersey (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/west_african_man_is_sentenced.html)
Mexico to USA (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18144333)
We offer this list of resources as a reference. Their content does not represent the views of Futures Without Violence.
Building Collaborative Responses to Trafficked Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Futures Without Violence, OVW Training 2013
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