ABA Commission Reports Best Practices for Human Trafficking Prosecutors, Victim Supports
Washington – The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence has released a new report, “Workable Solutions for Criminal Record Relief: Recommendations for Prosecutors Serving Victims of Human Trafficking.”
The report is the final product of the Commission’s Survivor Reentry Project, a national training and technical assistance initiative on criminal record relief for survivors of human trafficking
“Workable Solutions,” authored by Kate Mogulescu of Brooklyn Law School and Jessica Kitson of Volunteer Lawyers for Justice in New Jersey, identifies guiding principles and best practices for prosecutors handling post-conviction cases involving trafficking survivors. The report also addresses the challenges that prosecutors can face in such cases and makes recommendations for policy and practice across the country.
“The power of these recommendations is that they were designed by, and for, prosecutors,” said Andrew King-Ries, chair of the Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence. “They recognize the critical role of prosecutors – through criminal record relief – to reducing vulnerability and isolation of trafficking survivors and to reducing human trafficking itself. Ultimately, this is about prosecutors treating trafficking survivors as victims and doing their ethical duty to provide justice for victims of trafficking offenses.”
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