During the Law & Society Association鈥檚 annual meeting, dedicated to the theme 鈥楻age, Reckoning, & Remedy鈥�, Professor Adelle Blackett chaired a panel foregrounding the upcoming IACL General Report on 鈥淐ontemporary Forms of Slavery, Including Causes and Consequences鈥�. The panel was given life by the brilliant contributions of seven special national reporteurs, that is:
- Discontinuities between historic slavery and 鈥榤odern slavery鈥� in the Commonwealth Caribbean: Contending with the past, preparing for the future鈥� by Professor Jason Haynes
- Regulating unfree labour and slavery in the Swedish/nordic model for labour relations: Historicizing the role of human rights and criminal law in relation to autonomous labour regulation and the welfare state鈥� by Niklas Selberg and Dr. Amin Parsa
- The legal geography of contemporary slavery: A look at illegal mining in South America鈥� by Professor Laura Dehaibi
- Contemporary forms of slavery and servitude in Canada: Causes, consequences and recent legal remedies鈥� by Professor Yves Goguen
- Practices similar to servitude in Ghana: Myth or reality?鈥� by Julia Selman-Ayetey
- Colonial imperialist origins and legacies concerning modern slavery: The case of Germany鈥� by Dr. Heiner Fechner
