Dr Thomas Harré
B.A, LL.B, LL.M(dist), Ph.D.
Criminal Defence | Human Rights Lawyer
Criminal Defence | Human Rights
Thomas Harré is a barrister based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Thomas is a trial and appeals lawyer who can provide representation on the basis of private instructions, or in some cases, legal aid.
Thomas is a specialist in transnational criminal law, particularly in the area of human trafficking. Thomas combines practice with research, and has published and presented widely. He has given advice on issues of forced labour and human trafficking in a number of cases in Southeast Asia, and has consulted to the United Nations.
Thomas is a member of the New Zealand Law Society’s Human Rights and Privacy law reform committee.
Contact Thomas directly: thomas@thomasharre.com
Media
Human trafficking as a fisheries crime? An application of the concept to the New Zealand context
Marine Policy · Feb 1, 2019
Beginning in 2011, Indonesian fishermen from several South Korean foreign charter vessels (FCVs) operating in New Zealand's waters walked off their vessels citing labour and human rights abuses, as well as illegal fishing practices. This article argues that the level of these abuses meets the criteria for human trafficking for forced labour under domestic and international law.
“Asian Values” and the "ASEAN Way" in the case of Human Trafficking of Fishermen
Paper presented at ASLI 2017, Manila. · May 1, 2017
This paper arises from the observation that in certain Southeast Asian states, governments have failed to harmonise their politico-legal responses to human trafficking as required under the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Arts 6, 9 and 10 and its parent instrument, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, Arts 7, 13, 26 and 27.
Is the Law an Ass When It Comes to Mules? How Indonesia Can Lead a New Global Approach to Treating Drug Traffickers as Human Trafficked Victims
Asian Journal of International Law · Jan 1, 2016
Indonesia has enacted laws which provide mandatory protection for victims of human trafficking. It also has mandatory drug laws which, in some cases, lead to the death penalty. This legislative conflict together with investigative and prosecutorial failure risks the execution of human trafficked victims who are used as drug mules in organized crime.
Barrister | Researcher | Consultant
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Christchurch Central City
Christchurch 8014
New Zealand
+64 27 328 8067 | thomas@thomasharre.com