Attorney Resources

If you are an attorney working with a human trafficking survivor in ALIGHT Mobilizing Justice, or someone who is interested to learn more about working with human trafficking survivors, ALIGHT has developed resources focused on supporting your work with traumatized individuals. Additional manuals, toolkits, publications and case law databases are provided below.

Tips for Working with Survivors of Extremist Polygamous Groups

Trauma-Informed Engagement with Survivors

Working with Human Trafficking Survivors: A Primer on Trauma for Lawyers, Advocates and Others

Tips for Working With Human Trafficking Survivors

Manuals / Toolkits / Publications

Technical Assistance Resources for Lawyers Assisting Human Trafficking Victims, Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
An Advocate’s Guide to Tax Issues Affecting Victims of Human Trafficking (2019), The Human Trafficking Legal Center, Ropes & Gray LLP, and the University of Baltimore Law School
UN Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2016), United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime
Resources and Publications Library for Legal Professionals (2016), The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center
Identifying Effective Counter-Trafficking Programs and Practices in the U.S.: Legislative, Legal, and Public Opinion Strategies that Work (2016), Vanessa Bouche, PhD; Amy Farrell, PhD; Dana Wittmer, PhD
Guidance Note on Use of Victims’ Images (2016), The Freedom Collaborative
NACM Guide to Human Trafficking in the State Courts (2014), Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative
When “Mandatory” Does Not Mean Mandatory: Failure to Obtain Criminal Restitution in Federal Prosecution Cases in the United States (2014), Alexandra F. Levy, JD; Martina E. Vandenberg, JD; Lyric Chen, JD
Victim Identification Toolkit (2014), Liberty Asia
Lawyer’s Manual on Human Trafficking: Pursuing Justice for Victims (2013), New York State Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts
Annual Report of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings: Combating Trafficking and Exploitation: Human Rights, Social Justice and the Rule of Law (2013), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Issue Paper: Abuse of a Position of Vulnerability and Other “Means” within the Definition of Trafficking in Persons (2013), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Assisting Trafficking Victims: A Guide for Victim Advocates (2012), National Sexual Violence Resource Center and Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
Analysis of Key Concepts of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (2010), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Legal Best Practices Guide for the Protection of Child Victims of Human Trafficking (2009), State of Florida Department of Children and Families
Meeting the Legal Needs for Child Victims of Human Trafficking: An Introduction for Children’s Attorneys and Attorneys (2009), American Bar Association Civil Legal Remedies for Human Trafficking Victims Project
Civil Litigation on Behalf of Victims of Human Trafficking (2008), Southern Poverty Law Center

Case Law

UNODC Human Trafficking Case Law Database, United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime
Human Trafficking Law Project Database of US Cases, Michigan Law School Human Trafficking Law Clinic
Forced Labour and Human Trafficking: Casebook of Court Decisions, A Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Legal Practitioners (2009), International Labour Organization

© 2024 ALIGHT. The images used on this website are stock photos and do not represent actual human trafficking survivors. The survivor stories are composites offered for illustrative purposes and represent only a portion of the realities experienced by survivors. While groups and individuals may use different terms when talking about this issue, ALIGHT tends to use "survivor" to affirm the individual's journey forward. We must all be conscious about supporting survivors on their own terms, rather than re-exploiting and re-traumatizing them through our representations and ideas of them.