National Survivor Law Collective (NSL Collective)

“Human rights that exist only in theory are nothing more than mirages in a desolate desert.” This is an excerpt from the recent research from The Avery Center for Research & Services and National Survivor Law Collective (NSL Collective) analyzing where and what types of legal services exist for sex trafficking survivors. Download and share the full report to understand why the results reveal “legal deserts.”? #humantrafficking #humanrights #SurvivorLaw #SurvivorVoices With #NSLCollective Founding Members: *ALIGHT (Alliance to Lead Impact in Global Human Trafficking) *Free to Thrive * Justice Restoration Center * Moore & Van Allen PLLC * Paul Hastings LLP * Trafficking Law Center https://lnkd.in/ePypGCbs

Learn more about the issues and practical considerations when representing human trafficking survivors in this special 2-part series! Open to the public. You are invited to register for one or both events.

ALIGHT is honored to participate in the Human Trafficking Series to honor #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay. This CLE event is co-sponsored by the American Bar Association, with joint sponsors?ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice,?ABA CDSV, and American Bar Association Center for Human Rights. It is open to non-members for $25, and free for ABA Members. Register here for PART I: https://lnkd.in/gPtc9eFj. With Sanctuary for Families, Legal Aid Society Chicago & Amara Legal Center

#NSLCollective co-founders Joel Shapiro, Brent Woody and Marianna Kosharovsky had the honor of presenting at the Shared Hope International #JUST2024 Conference. Here is what #justice and #traumainformed #legal services looks like.

Proud to share news of this big win for anti-trafficking legal services from one of our co-founders, ALIGHT (Alliance to Lead Impact in Global Human Trafficking)!

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Member Sarah Dohoney Byrne was quoted and the firm’s work highlighted in the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU CPR) blog titled, “Financial Inclusion: A Path to Recovery and Resilience for Survivors of Modern Slavery” which was published on April 16. “Access to safe banking has been instrumental in ensuring my clients’ financial stability and protection against re-exploitation... It seems to be empowering to my clients to become a bank ‘customer,’ fully integrated into the financial section.” The article highlights how securing access to finance is an initial step in the financial recovery of survivors. “Another critical aspect is enabling survivors access to financial compensation/remedy owed to them. For instance, some sex-trafficked children experience poly-victimization when they are also victims of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) production. US federal law mandates offenders of CSAM to pay a minimum of $3,000 in restitution for each CSAM victim. In practice, however, providing this compensation can be challenging as minors may not have access to financial services, and banks may not know how to comply. In turn, MVA has worked alongside US SII participating banks, Truist and Ally, to meaningfully provide appropriate banking services to CSAM survivors. This follows MVA representing victims seeking restitution against defendants in federal criminal cases who traded survivors’ child abuse imagery, and helping to ensure that victims are provided safe and formal financial access to the restitution. Similar financial inclusion actions can be leveraged by institutions in support of CSAM and sex trafficked minors.” Lastly, the blog highlighted MVA’s online financial wellness tool which can help survivors understand how to build good credit and ensure sustainable financial wellness. https://lnkd.in/eVfJ5rzn

#NSLCollective founding members Jamie Beck of Free to Thrive, Sarah Dohoney Byrne of Moore & Van Allen PLLC and Marianna Kosharovsky of ALIGHT (Alliance to Lead Impact in Global Human Trafficking) were honored to present to the legal community at this year's Pro Bono Institute Conference. #PBI2024 #probono #SurvivorLaw #JusticeforSurvivors #humantrafficking