The Anti-slavery Day Act 2010 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to introduce a national day to raise awareness of the need to eradicate all forms of slavery, human trafficking and exploitation. Anti-Slavery Day is 18 October.[1]
The main provision of the Act reads as follows:
Anti-Slavery Day
The Secretary of State shall by order made by statutory instrument specify a date which shall be observed each year as Anti-Slavery
- The purpose of Anti-Slavery Day shall be to—
- acknowledge that millions of men, women and children continue to be victims of slavery, depriving them of basic human dignity and freedom;
- raise awareness amongst young people and others of the dangers and consequences of slavery, human trafficking and exploitation and encourage them to be proactive in the fight against it;
- draw attention to—
- In this Act “slavery” includes—
- trafficking for sexual exploitation,
- child trafficking,
- trafficking for forced labour, and
- domestic servitude.