What is the mechanism for seeking damages under the HRA for victims of trafficking and forced labour?
• What is the Siliadin decision and what role does it play in this area? • What are the kinds of HRA damages cases that can be brought for victims of trafficking and how would the Strasbourg jurisprudence apply to them? 1. What is the AIRE Centre and what is our interest and expertise in this area? The AIRE Centre is a legal charity based in London providing specialist legal advice and services for vulnerable and marginalised individuals on European law issues (Council of Europe law and European Union law). We do not hold ourselves out to have expertise on domestic UK law and do not practice in the UK courts; we only represent clients in proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights and other European bodies. We are lawyers with specialist expertise in European law and a commitment to protecting the rights of low-income and otherwise marginalised and vulnerable people in the UK and the rest of Europe. We fulfil our mission mostly by advising other lawyers asserting the rights o
