Professor Jean Allain Professor of International Law Jean.Allain@hull.ac.uk Faculty and Department Institutes Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Related groups Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Biography Outputs Research/PhD Summary Prof Jean Allain's archival research and legal analysis on the international abolition of slavery has been foundational to the law of modern slavery. He is Special Adviser to Anti-Slavery International, the world's oldest human rights organisation; Professor of Law at Monash University, Australia; Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa; and Visiting Professor, Beijing Normal University, China. Prof Allain received his doctorate from the University of Geneva in Switzerland. During this period, he clerked for the first President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Recent outputs View more outputs Book Chapter Conceptualizing the exploitation of human trafficking Allain, J. (2018). Conceptualizing the exploitation of human trafficking. In The SAGE handbook of human trafficking and modern day slaverySAGE Publications What is forced labour? A practical guide for humanities and social science research Allain, J. (2018). What is forced labour? A practical guide for humanities and social science research. In Researching forced labour in the global economy: methodological challenges and advancesOxford University Press (OUP) Khadduri as gatekeeper of the Islamic Law of Nations? Allain, J. (2018). Khadduri as gatekeeper of the Islamic Law of Nations?. In International law and Islam: historical explorations, 127-145. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004388376_008 Journal Article Slavery and its obligations erga omnes Allain, J. (2019). Slavery and its obligations erga omnes. Australian year book of international law, 36(1), 83-124. https://doi.org/10.1163/26660229_03601007 Governance gaps in eradicating forced labor: From global to domestic supply chains Crane, A., LeBaron, G., Allain, J., & Behbahani, L. (2019). Governance gaps in eradicating forced labor: From global to domestic supply chains. Regulation and Governance, 13(1), 86-106. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12162 Postgraduate supervision Prof Allain welcomes applications in any area of public international law, specifically international human rights issues; the laws of war; the law of the sea; and international criminal law. Completed PhDs Prof Allain has an established track record of successful PhD completions, both here in the UK and in Australia. Similar profiles Judith Spicksley Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Alicia Kidd Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Professor John Oldfield Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation