Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010

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.

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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
 * 1) The purpose of Anti-Slavery Day shall be to—
 * 2) acknowledge that millions of men, women and children continue to be victims of slavery, depriving them of basic human dignity and freedom;
 * 3) 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;
 * 4) draw attention to—
 * 5) the progress made by government and those working to combat all forms of slavery, human trafficking and exploitation, and
 * 6) what more needs to be done.
 * 7) In this Act 'slavery' includes—
 * 8) trafficking for sexual exploitation,
 * 9) child trafficking,
 * 10) trafficking for forced labour, and
 * 11) domestic servitude."