• Announcement 1 • Human rights protections and victim support for trafficked women in Australia Jennifer Burn, Associate Professor (University of Technology Sydney) I. Introduction I would like to begin by thanking Professor Hyun Byung Chul, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, for the honour of the invitation to speak at this important conference. Over the last 7 years, there have been remarkable achievements in anti‐trafficking initiatives in Australia characterised by alliances between people working in civil society and government to achieve better human rights protections for migrant workers who have experienced trafficking, slavery and extreme labour exploitation. II. The Anti‐Slavery Project: international and Australian domestic contexts The Anti‐Slavery Project in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney is an academic and non‐government organisation and the only specialist legal service in Australia for women and men who have experienced trafficking, slavery and extreme labour exploitation. We conduct research and advocate to government for improvements to Australia’s response to trafficking so as to better protect and promote the human rights of our clients. Australia is a destination country for people trafficked from the Asia Pacific region. In 2009, the International Labour Organization estimated that around the world there are at least 12.3 million people in forced labour, more than 2.4 million have been trafficked across borders and 9.8 million are exploited by private agents. More people are in forced Human rights protections and victim support for trafficked women in Australia ❙ 69