Billable hours to combat sex-trafficking

The International Justice Mission is urging lawyers to give up an hour of their time to combat sex-trafficking in the Philippines.

Stefanie Garber • 29 July 2015 • SME Law

Billable hours to combat sex-trafficking

Under the Time for Justice campaign, fee-earning professionals donate one billable hour’s charge-out rate to IJM’s anti-trafficking work.

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Last year the campaign raised the equivalent of three annual salaries for lawyers working with victims in the province of Cebu.

By strengthening the justice system in Cebu, IJM has recorded a 79 per cent reduction in the prevalence of minors involved in the commercial sex trade in the region.

IJM Australia chief executive Jeff Nagle said IJM was proud to be working with the Australian legal profession to support lawyers working on the ground.

“Time for Justice is a demonstration of collegiality that crosses boarders,” Mr Nagle said. “It is practitioners of justice standing side-by-side and saying ‘you cannot sexually exploit children and get away with it’.”

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Armstrong Legal managing partner John Sutton said Australian lawyers benefited from living in a society with a strong rule of law.

“IJM seeks to bring that same sense of society to those who are raped, beaten, abused and robbed; they deserve a just and fair society, too,” Mr Sutton said.

“I am proud to be a small cog in the IJM plan to bring rule of law to those in need.”

Since its inception last year McCabes, Norton Rose Fulbright, Baker & McKenzie and Squire Patton Boggs have hosted boardroom lunches, bringing together lawyers to discuss the work of IJM and Time for Justice.

The campaign will also host a Premier's Breakfast event on 8 October. At the event, Federal Circuit Court Chief Judge John Pascoe, NSW Premier Mike Baird, IJM founder Amber Hawkes and CBA Women in Focus founder Karen James will speak on how corporate Australia can help strengthen justice in Asia-Pacific.

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Michael Mallal Thursday, 30 July 2015

Sexual exploitation is the result of poverty which is the result, I believe, of over-population. Contraception and family planning will go a long way to reducing poverty. The church has known this for centuries, that's why they are celibate. The Philippines gov was attempting to pass a Reproductive Health Bill which would have given greater access to contraception but was being blocked by the conservative Supreme Court, some judges of which were appointed by Gloria, the previous president. When in Cebu City I recommend Mandarin Plaza Hotel and don't forget to visit the Santo Nino shrine. There is also a good museum attached to the shrine which is well worth a visit.

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