JEAN MONNET CHAIR ON EU ASYLUM AND MIGRATION

Guest Lecture: “Contemporary forms of slavery and human trafficking: risks in the EU migration context”

ROSANA GARCIANDIA
King’s College London

Article 5 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights enshrine the prohibition of slavery, forced labour and human trafficking. The risks of contemporary forms of slavery are particularly significant in the migration context. This lecture will critically assess the legal frameworks applicable in the EU migration context, looking at the most recent case law, referring to policy initiatives at the European level, and proposing recommendations for more effective protection against slavery, trafficking and forced labour.

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Dr Rosana Garciandia is Co-Director of the Centre for International Governance and Dispute Resolution (CIGAD) and Senior Lecturer in Public International Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London.

Dr Garciandia conducts research on the international law response to human rights violations, including torture, racial discrimination, labour exploitation and all contemporary forms of slavery. The focus of her work is currently on international human rights law, on inter-state communications before UN treaty bodies, and on the potential of collective trends in international dispute resolution. She is also a Research Leader on human and labour rights at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and a Fellow of the Macrocrimes Center of the University of Ferrara.

Dr Garciandia has held positions in various international organisations. She served as Secretary General of the European Law Institute in Vienna and she worked at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and at the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights. She has developed research for the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and for the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), a Subcommittee of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET).

Dr Garciandia joined The Dickson Poon School of Law in 2018. Prior to this and to her work for international organisations, Dr Garciandia was Lecturer in Public International Law and EU Law at University of Murcia (Spain). She holds a PhD in Law from the University of Navarra.