Suffolk University’s Ford Hall Forum, Law School, History, Language and Culture Department, Communication, Journalism & Media Department, Women’s & Gender Studies Program, and the Office of Diversity, Access & Inclusion present:
A talk by internationally acclaimed scholar Hila Shamir, S.J.D., Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law and Fellow, Center for Labor & A Just Economy at Harvard Law School.
Human trafficking is widely regarded as one of the most urgent moral and political dilemmas in today’s global economy. In her talk, Professor Shamir will call for a shift away from the prevailing anti-trafficking strategies focused on criminal law, border control, and minimal human rights safeguards for recognized victims. Instead, she will advocate for an innovative labor-centered approach, aiming to dismantle the labor market structures conducive to grave exploitative practices. The labor-focused approach stresses the necessity of solutions tailored to the contextual variability of factors contributing to worker vulnerability. Certain existing tools show initial promise in reshaping the power dynamics among actors within sectors predisposed to severe labor market abuses. Following her talk, Shamir will be joined by Renée M. Landers, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of health and Biomedical Law concentration at Suffolk University. Audience Q and A will follow.
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Poetry Center, 73 TremontStreet, Second Floor, Boston, MA 02108
12:00 pm Lunch served
12:20 pm Program, in-person and via Zoom
This program is free and open to the public.
