To coincide with the coming into force of the Council of Europe's Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 2005 in Spring 2008, which the UK has signed, this exciting new course will look at immigration and criminal law around trafficking including:

What is trafficking? The international and domestic response

The immigration position of trafficked women in the UK (including applying for asylum and the rights of women from the EEA).

Trafficking for sexual exploitation: the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and protections for survivors of sexual violence.

Trafficking for purposes other than sexual exploitation (for example, domestic servitude).

Supporting trafficked women in the UK.

All participants will receive a free copy of our latest publication Pathways to Justice: BMER women, violence and the law.

Protecting women from persecution: claiming asylum in the UK and financial support throughout the process
London 22 September 2008 9.30am - 4.30pm
Leeds 19 November 2008 9.30 - 4.30 pm

Rights of Women and the Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP) have developed a new one day training course. This new and practical one day course is designed to introduce participants to the law that determines who should receive asylum or human rights protection in the UK, how their claim is determined and what financial support they are entitled to. The course has a particular focus on the needs of asylum seeking women who are experiencing or have experienced gender-based violence and will cover:

The legal framework for protection (including the Refugee Convention 1951, the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 and the EU Qualification Directive)

Applying for asylum in the UK (including the New Asylum Model and Legacy Cases)

The different types of status given and refusal

Financial support through the status determination process

Financial support for failed asylum seekers including section 4 support

Supporting women asylum seekers and refugee women

All participants will receive a free copy of Rights of Women's latest publication Pathways to Justice: BMER women, violence and the law.

All London courses will take place at NCVO, Regents Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL

For more detailed information and/or booking form, please contact the Training Officer at Rights of Women at training@row.org.uk or telephone 0207 251 6575/6 rr visit the website http://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/

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