Destination, Destination, Destination - What Governments Can Do To Ensure Fair and Ethical Recruitment

Lou de Baca

Ambassador (retd) Luis C.deBaca; Former US Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Luis C.deBaca is a Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. He led U.S. government activities in the global fight against contemporary forms of slavery during the Obama administration. As Ambassador at Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, C.deBaca updated statutes created after the Civil War and through the 13th Amendment to develop the victim-centered approach to modern slavery that has become the global standard for combating human trafficking. 

Since retiring from government service, C.deBaca has been a Senior Fellow of Modern Slavery at Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. He is also a 2017-2019 Soros Open Society Human Rights Fellow focusing on worker-led social responsibility, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations

Neha Misra

Senior Specialist on Migration and Human Trafficking, Solidarity Center

Neha joined the Solidarity Center in 1998 as the deputy country program director in Indonesia, where she managed the Solidarity Center’s counter-trafficking in persons, labor migration and democracy programs. Before joining the Solidarity Center, she worked in Bosnia and Herzegovina on postwar elections and democracy, and in the United States as a senior attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. While at the Justice Department, she also served as the president of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) local union.

Neha serves on the executive board of Migration that Works and the Global Coalition for Migration, the board or directors of Transparentem, and represents the Solidarity Center in the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), the Civil Soceity Action Committee, and the Women in Migration Network (WIMN). She has a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the Washington College of Law, American University, where she focused her studies on international human rights law, and a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business Economics and Public Policy from Indiana University.

James Lynch

Founding Co-Director of FairSquare

James is a founding co-director of FairSquare, leading research on a range of human rights issues including labour practices, business and human rights, and civil and political rights. He spent seven years at Amnesty International, where as a deputy director he managed the organization’s research and advocacy on migrant labour in the Gulf and was the Middle East deputy director. He previously worked for the UK Foreign Office for six years, mainly focusing on the Middle East and Africa, and was a deputy director at the anti-corruption organization Transparency International. He speaks English and Arabic and has a Masters in International Politics from SOAS, University of London. James is based in London and is currently a visiting fellow of the European Centre for Foreign Relations

John Morrison

Chief Executive, IHRB (Moderator)

John leads IHRB’s global strategy, fundraising, and outreach. He also advises governments, intergovernmental organisations, and businesses on human rights and wider issues of sustainability, development, and international affairs. He has published widely on issues relating to corporate responsibility, human rights, refugee protection, and human trafficking.