Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking

Matthew Davis is Lecturer in Law at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. Matthew holds PhD in International Law, Human Rights and Criminal Justice from the University of Birmingham. Dr Davis is Fellow of the Academics Stand Against Poverty Global Justice Program at Yale University. Dr Davis conducts research on modern slavery and human trafficking and adopts a victim-centred approach to assisting and supporting victims of human trafficking and exploitation. His work lends himself to suggesting solutions complex issues of identification and detection of more victims in the UK.

• 1. Introduction and Context.- 2. The Challenges for Victims to Self –Identify Themselves.- 3. The Response of Civil Society in Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking alongside a National Referral Mechanism.- 4. The Prosecution of Trafficked Victims.- 5. Conclusion – A Path Forward to Enable More Identifications.