Topic:
International and modern slavery laws (Rule 6.1.3)
Speaker:
Robert Pelletier, Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia
Venue:
Recorded at the NSW State Library, February 2023
International and Australian modern slavery laws pursuant to:
• The Rome Statue
• Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth)
• Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth)
The focus is on:
• What is modern slavery?
• The nature and extent of the problem.
• Slavery and slavery-like offences in Australian criminal law.
• Annual obligations on entities with an annual consolidated revenue of more than $100m
to report on the risk of modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.