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Anti-Slavery International is an international non-governmental organisation, registered charity and a lobby group, based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1839, it is the world's oldest international human rights organisation, and the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses.〔(Anti-Slavery International ) ''UNESCO''.〕 It owes its origins to the radical element of an older Anti-Slavery Society, known as the "Agency Committee of the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions", which had substantially achieved abolition of slavery in the British Empire. A successor organisation, British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society〔Sharman, Anne-Marie (1993), ed., ''Anti-Slavery Reporter vol 13 no 8'', London: Anti-Slavery International〕 was then created to campaign against the practice of slavery in other countries. In 1990 it was refounded as Anti-Slavery International, which works to combat slavery and related abuse, drawing attention to the continuing problem of slavery worldwide and campaigning for its recognition, abolition and eradication in the countries most affected today. ==Overview== The main activities of the organisation are * lobbying governments of countries with slavery to act against it. * lobbying governments and international agencies to increase the priority of combating slavery. * aiding research to find out the extent of slavery. * working to increase awareness of slavery. * informing the public that slavery is a real issue today. Three teams work within Anti-Slavery-International: the Programme, Communication and Information teams. Their goal is a world without slaves. The Programme team collects relevant information (in cooperation with partners) over central issues, the worst types of child labour, debt bondage, forced labour, forced marriage, human trafficking and traditional slavery. The team publishes the information and promotes legislation to protect victims. The Communications Team produces material to educate and promote action including the magazine, ''The Reporter''. The team lobby governments, the United Nations and the European Union urging them to help end all slavery. The reference library contains material from early in the abolitionist movement to the present day. The Information Team deals with administration and fundraising among other issues. They publish an annual review and annual accounts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anti-Slavery International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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