Centre Policies

Policies and Procedures

Anti-Slavery Australia is a specialist legal and research centre, based within the Faculty of Law at UTS. As such, we follow the university’s policies and procedures, including the below safety and wellbeing policies.

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Our commitment to Child Safety and Wellbeing

Our purpose at Anti-Slavery Australia is to address modern slavery through a steadfast commitment to survivors and human rights. As leaders in the Australian anti-slavery movement, we safeguard and advance the human rights of people impacted by modern slavery, including human trafficking, slavery and slavery-like practices, through targeted research, policy development and law reform, legal services, professional practice, education and advocacy.

Children face intersecting vulnerabilities that place them at increased risk of experiencing modern slavery and make them more susceptible to other forms of abuse and exploitation. Anti-Slavery Australia recognises that children are rights-bearers under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and have distinct interests and needs that must be individually acknowledged and addressed. We uphold the National Principles of Child Safe Organisations by embedding child safe standards into all aspects of our organisational policies, procedures and practices. We prioritise the agency, integrity, safety and wellbeing of children and seek to create environments where all children feel safe, valued, heard and respected. Such spaces restore a sense of dignity, enable healing, and promote childrens’ empowerment.

In line with our commitment to child safety and wellbeing, we have created the following additional policies and procedures to govern our own interactions with children and young people to ensure all children feel safe, valued, heard and respected when engaging with our services.

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