Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol

Chairperson of the twenty-first session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Dr. Janos Tisovszky

Director, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna

Mr. Martin Fowke

Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section, UNODC

Martin Fowke is a Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer in the Human Trafficking & Migrant Smuggling Section, of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Mr. Fowke has worked on the underlying Global Programmes to Combat Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants for the last seven years, joining UNODC in 2005. Through these Global Programmes, UNODC, as guardian of the underlying UN Protocols, offers practical help to all countries in implementing their obligations under these instruments, not only to draft laws and create comprehensive national strategies but also with building the capacity of practitioners to give these mechanisms real meaning. The two Global Programmes currently provide technical assistance to more than 80 countries globally, and have established UNODC as a world leader in the production of standard-setting tools and materials addressing both human trafficking and migrant smuggling.

Welcoming Address

Professor John Winterdyk

Mount Royal University, Canada

John Winterdyk is the former director of the Centre for Criminology and Justice Research (CCJR) at Mount Royal University. He is also adjunct professor at St. Thomas University (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) and the Polytechnic in Namibia (Windhoek, Namibia). He published extensively in the areas of human trafficking, youth justice, international criminal justice, and criminological theory.

Overview of the Issue

Dr. Karin Bruckmüller

University of Vienna, Austria

Karin Bruckmüller is researcher and lecturer at the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Vienna, Austria and was project researcher at the University of Graz. She also worked e.g. as a researcher in Germany and staff member of the Ministry of Justice during the Austrian EU-Presidency. Her research focuses are prevention of THB, victims' and suspect' rights, juvenile justice systems, medical criminal law, comparative criminal law analysis. She served as an additional representative for the Academic Council of the United Nations System to the United Nations and the World Society of Victimology to the United Nations. Since October 2012, she is a visiting fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies, Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany.

Overview of the Issue

Professor Andreas Schloenhardt

University of Queensland , Australia

Andreas Schloenhardt is Professor of Criminal Law and the Director of International Relations at The University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law in Brisbane, Australia.  He holds a PhD in Law from The University of Adelaide. Andreas' principal areas of research include criminal law, organised crime, migrant smuggling, trafficking in persons, narcotrafficking, terrorism, international criminal law, and immigration and refugee law.  He is the author of many books and journal articles and his work is frequently cited by other scholars, in government reports, and judicial decisions, including the High Court of Australia.  His recent work focuses on organised crime legislation and Australian and international efforts to prevent and suppress migrant smuggling and trafficking in persons.  Andreas is a frequent commentator on national television, radio, and in newspapers. Andreas has held adjunct appointments and visiting professorships at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (2011), The University of British Columbia, Vancouver (2007-09), and the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA (2006-09). He is a regular consultant to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and has worked extensively in research and teaching capacities with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and other law enforcement agencies.

Defining the distinction between THB and smuggling and the consequences for the victim

Professor Phil Reichel

University of Northern Colorado, USA

Phil Reichel is a tenure full professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Northern Colorado and adjunct professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. His main research and publications topics are human trafficking, transnational crime and justice and correction. He presented papers at side events during the United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Brazil) and the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Vienna).

Phenomenon of labour exploitation and the offenders involved

Ms. Mariana Roncisvale

Consultant, Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section, UNODC

Mariana Roncisvale is a lawyer from Brazil currently working as a consultant on the UNODC human trafficking case law database. Ms. Roncisvale holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Crime and Justice from the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute in Turin, Italy and an LL.B degree of Law at the University of Florianopolis in Brazil.

Focus on prosecution: The UNODC human trafficking case law database

Dr. Fabrizio Sarrica

Research Officer, Global Report on Trafficking in Persons Unit, UNODC.

Fabrizio Sarrica is the UNODC Research Office for the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons. Economist by background, he holds a master degree in International Relations and a PhD in Criminology. Since the year 2002, he has been working for the United Nations in many research fields, including organized crime, corruption and human trafficking. He is the co-author of three Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (2006, 2009 and 2012), of several national assessments on corruption in the judicial sector, on organized crime and on trafficking in persons in different parts of the world.

Findings from the 2012 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons

Chair

Dr. Michael Platzer

Chair, Academic Council on the United Nations System

Michael Platzer, BA, MA, JD - Cornell University; PhD (Government) Columbia University; M.DIV (Comparative Ethics), Union Theological Seminary, associated with  Columbia University (New York, USA). Liaison Officer for the Academic Council on the United Nations and Chair Vienna NGO Alliance for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Served 34 years in the United Nations Secretariat in various capacities in the Office of the Secretary General, human rights, technical cooperation, Un-Habitat, UNDP, peacekeeping, and the Office on Drugs and Crime. Guest lecturer at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, University of Graz, Law School of Vienna University, Austrian Centre for Peace Studies (Schlaining), Bond University (Australia), Sydney University Centre for Peace Studies, University of Tillburg (Netherlands), University of Otago (New Zealand), University of the West Indies (Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad), Kingston University (UK) and Cornell University (USA). Participant at the Twelfth United Nations Congress Workshop "International Criminal Justice Education for the Rule of Law" (2010); organizer ACUNS conference "United Nations and new Social Media" (Wels, 2007), "Using the New Information Technology: Creating a Web.2 Environment for Human Rights", contribution to Vienna World Conference on Human Rights (2008). Producer/ Director of teaching videos "Making Standards Work" (SMRs for the Treatment of Prisoners), "The Forgotten Ones" (Victim Rights), and "Crime Prevention Works". Member of the European Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, World Society of Victimology, International Catholic Commission of Prison Pastoral Care, Penal Reform International, and the United Nations Associations of Austria and of Australia.

Panelists

Mr. Martin Fowke

Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section, UNODC

Martin Fowke is a Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer in the Human Trafficking & Migrant Smuggling Section, of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Mr. Fowke has worked on the underlying Global Programmes to Combat Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants for the last seven years, joining UNODC in 2005. Through these Global Programmes, UNODC, as guardian of the underlying UN Protocols, offers practical help to all countries in implementing their obligations under these instruments, not only to draft laws and create comprehensive national strategies but also with building the capacity of practitioners to give these mechanisms real meaning. The two Global Programmes currently provide technical assistance to more than 80 countries globally, and have established UNODC as a world leader in the production of standard-setting tools and materials addressing both human trafficking and migrant smuggling.

Ms. Eurídice Márquez Sánchez

Regional Counter-Trafficking and Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Coordinator, International Organization for Migration

Eurídice Márquez Sánchez is Regional Counter-Trafficking and Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Coordinator at the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Regional Office for South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia in Vienna (Austria). Ms. Márquez holds a 5-years Degree in Political Science and Public Administration with emphasis on International Relations and studied at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Rennes (France) and at the Universidad de Granada (Spain). Master's degree in European Studies of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium); PhD at the University of Vienna (on-going) and has been working for IOM since 2007. Building on its individual commitment and global presence, IOM strengthens the capacities of its partners in government and civil society and sets operational standards to achieve sustainable results that will: provide protection and empower trafficked women, men, girls and boys; raise awareness and understanding of the issue; and bring justice to trafficked persons. IOM has been working to counter the trafficking in persons since 1994. In this time, it has implemented more than 800 projects in over 100 countries, and has provided assistance to approximately 20,000 trafficked persons.

Mr. Fabrizio Sarrica

Research Officer, Global Report on Trafficking in Persons Unit, UNODC

Fabrizio Sarrica is the UNODC Research Office for the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons. Economist by background, he holds a master degree in International Relations and a PhD in Criminology. Since the year 2002, he has been working for the United Nations in many research fields, including organized crime, corruption and human trafficking. He is the co-author of three Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (2006, 2009 and 2012), of several national assessments on corruption in the judicial sector, on organized crime and on trafficking in persons in different parts of the world.

Dr. Sławomir Redo

University of Vienna, Austria

Sławomir Redo (Dr. hab., Law/Criminology)  worked for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (1981-2011). He is a Visiting Lecturer/ Privatdozent at the Law Faculty, University of Vienna (Austria).  He teaches " The United Nations and Crime Prevention".

As a UN Senior Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Expert, he was involved in technical assistance projects implementing the United Nations law against organized crime in Central Asia. In other capacities he assisted in crime prevention cooperation between developing countries (South-South); urban crime prevention; abolition of the death penalty; crime prevention and civilian private policing; virtual forum against cybercrime; on-line crime prevention and criminal justice education, including experimental webinars on "Sport , Violence and Crime Prevention"  and  "Urban Youth, Crime and Violence".

He has published 4 and coedited three criminological books, including " For the Rule of Law: Criminal Justice Teaching and Training @cross the World ",  " Blue Criminology. The Power of United Nations Ideas to Counter Crime Globally " and about 60 articles, mainly on United Nations law and practice of crime prevention and criminal justice. His focus is on intercultural training skills in justice and security sector reform worldwide.

He is a member of the Academic Council on the United Nations System and of the American Society of Criminology,  non-governmental organizations in a consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council,  and of the Austrian Society for Criminal Law and Criminology.

Professor Andreas Schloenhardt

University of Queensland , Australia

Andreas Schloenhardt is Professor of Criminal Law and the Director of International Relations at The University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law in Brisbane, Australia.  He holds a PhD in Law from The University of Adelaide. Andreas' principal areas of research include criminal law, organised crime, migrant smuggling, trafficking in persons, narcotrafficking, terrorism, international criminal law, and immigration and refugee law.  He is the author of many books and journal articles and his work is frequently cited by other scholars, in government reports, and judicial decisions, including the High Court of Australia.  His recent work focuses on organised crime legislation and Australian and international efforts to prevent and suppress migrant smuggling and trafficking in persons.  Andreas is a frequent commentator on national television, radio, and in newspapers. Andreas has held adjunct appointments and visiting professorships at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (2011), The University of British Columbia, Vancouver (2007-09), and the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA (2006-09). He is a regular consultant to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and has worked extensively in research and teaching capacities with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and other law enforcement agencies.

Mr. Stefan Schumann

University of Linz, Austria

Stefan Schumann is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Linz, Austria; having gained experiences as a researcher at German and Austrian Universities as well as at the German Foreign Office and as a lawyer. His research focuses on transnational criminal justice and a systematic approach to European criminal law, on human rights in a multilevel network of jurisdiction and on the interaction of European, international and domestic law.

He serves as an additional representative for the Academic Council of the United Nations System to the United Nations.

Dr. Karin Bruckmüller

University of Vienna, Austria

Karin Bruckmüller is researcher and lecturer at the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Vienna, Austria and was project researcher at the University of Graz. She also worked e.g. as a researcher in Germany and staff member of the Ministry of Justice during the Austrian EU-Presidency. Her research focuses are prevention of THB, victims' and suspect' rights, juvenile justice systems, medical criminal law, comparative criminal law analysis. She served as an additional representative for the Academic Council of the United Nations System to the United Nations and the World Society of Victimology to the United Nations. Since October 2012, she is a visiting fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies, Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany.

Professor John Winterdyk

Mount Royal University, Canada

John Winterdyk is the former director of the Centre for Criminology and Justice Research (CCJR) at Mount Royal University. He is also adjunct professor at St. Thomas University (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) and the Polytechnic in Namibia (Windhoek, Namibia). He published extensively in the areas of human trafficking, youth justice, international criminal justice, and criminological theory