The Human Rights Conference Series will open with a two-hour webinar at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, followed by a full-day conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Hilton Guam Resort & Spa as well as online.

The conference aims to bring together and foster collaboration among human rights experts, academics, and stakeholders in the Guam and region to discuss the under-researched and often unseen issue of human trafficking and how to protect those who are most vulnerable to it.

The full-day conference will feature panel discussions by law enforcement, government, private business, and victim advocacy groups.

The Wednesday morning webinar, titled “Modern Slavery: A Threat to Our Strategic Security,” will feature international subject-matter experts, including:

• Kevin Bales
  Ph.D. in Social Science
  Professor of Contemporary Slavery and Research Director at the Right Lab, University of Nottingham (U.K.) Co-Founder, Free the Slaves
• Joseph Green
  Ph.D. in Epidemiology
  Director of Applied Science, Pacific Disaster Center (University of Hawaii) Adam Gramann
  M.S. in Criminology
  U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Liaison, Pacific Disaster Center (University of Hawaii) Capt. Sarah Melville
  M.S. in Refugees and Forced Migration Studies
  U.S. Army Officer

Individuals can register for the conference at url.uog.edu/hrcs. Registration is free. Continuing education units (CEUs) and certificates are also available for completing the conference at a registration fee of $35.

The Guam Human Rights Initiative is a collaborative-research nonprofit entity that seeks to advance human rights on Guam and throughout the Pacific through meaningful and impactful research efforts.

Co-sponsors of the conference include the University of Guam Senior Vice President and Provost’s Office, the UOG Regional Center for Public Policy, the Hoover Institution, the Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence, the University of Nottingham Rights Lab, the Rotary eClub of Pago Bay, the Rotary Club of Tumon Bay, and the Rotary Club of Guam Sunrise Pacific Basin Group District 2750.

For more information, please contact the UOG Global Learning & Engagement Office at (671) 735-2604 or gle@triton.uog.edu.

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