INTERNATIONAL WEBINARS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
IN THE LIGHT OF THE “LAUDATO SI”
AND OF “FRATELLI TUTTI” ENCYCLICALS
Networking of international experts in the fight against human trafficking to promote common understanding and research of this scourge
Anthropological research to rebuild the “Common House” and give hope
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2 DECEMBER 2024 — 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE FAITH LEADERS’ UNIVERSAL DECLARATION AGAINST SLAVERY (ROME 2 DECEMBER 2014)
Reaffirming the commitment of the religious communities, Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus.
HOLY MASS at 18:00
Reaffirmation of the Joint Declaration against Modern Slavery at 18:30
A reception will follow from 19:15 onwards
Paroisse St John XXIII Geneva — 57, Rue de Montbrillant, 1202 Geneva
A reception will follow from 19:15 onwards
21 NOVEMBER 2024 — EVENT AT THE UN IN GENEVA — WORLD FISHERIES DAY — THE PROTECTION AND WELLBEING OF FISHERS AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that in 2020, around 58.5 million people were employed worldwide in primary fish production alone, of which approximately 21 percent are women. Including subsistence and secondary-sector workers and their dependents, it is estimated that about 600 million people depend on fisheries and aquaculture (7.5 percent of the world’s population), making it one of the most vulnerable sectors to human trafficking abuses
The event will highlight and discuss the abuse of fishers across the world and what prevention strategies and measures can be introduced to mitigate these risks
Trafficking
NOVEMBER 2024 — LAUNCH AND PRESENTATION OF THE “GLOBAL THEMATIC REPORT ON SPORT TRAFFICKING” RESEARCH PROJECT
Mission 89’s research into the issue will provide a detailed examination of the issue as it exists today, develop educational and vocational programs at grassroots level to empower those most vulnerable to exploitation, and establish a licensing and accreditation system to recognize legitimate institutions from sham organizations exploiting young athletes
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ARMED CONFLICTS
BOYS & MALE SURVIVORS
25 APRIL 2023 — THE NEEDS AND STORIES OF MALE SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
27 JUNE 2023 — MALE SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: PRESENTATION OF ENA LUCIA MARIACA PACHECO’S RESEARCH
12 SEPTEMBER 2023 — BEST PRACTICES IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION, HEALING, COLLABORATION, AND PROGRAMMES FOR MEN & BOYS
5 DECEMBER 2023 — CHALLENGES AND BEST PRACTICES IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING POLICY, LEGISLATION, INVESTIGATION, AND VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES FOR MALE VICTIMS
DEMAND
13 APRIL 2021 — DEMAND AS ROOT CAUSE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING — SEX TRAFFICKING & PROSTITUTION
20 APRIL 2021 — DEMAND AS ROOT CAUSE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING — FORCED LABOR — THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPLY CHAIN CONTROL AND THE ROLE OF CONSUMER
12 OCTOBER 2021 — LEGAL APPROACHES TO REDUCING THE DEMAND BEHIND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
14 JUNE 2022 — DEMAND FOR HT: WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS CONSUMERS OF FORCED LABOR AND SEXUAL SLAVERY. HOW CAN WE END THIS CYCLE ?
29 NOVEMBER 2022 — FORCED LABOR AND TRANSPARENCY OF SUPPLY CHAINS: TOWARDS PRESCRIPTIVE OR LEGAL MANDATORY APPROACHES?
FAITH
20 OCTOBER 2020 — THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING — Video
27 OCTOBER 2020 — RELIGIOUS WORKING IN INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING — Video
8 DECEMBER 2021 — RELIGION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
6 OCTOBER 2022 — HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND LAUDATO SI’:
TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY,
TO PREVENT AND ERADICATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
6 DECEMBER 2022 — FAITH AND FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING: TESTIMONIES OF SISTERS WORKING FOR THE REHABILITATION OF VICTIMS
7 MARCH 2023 — ANTHROPOLOGY — FABRICE HADJADJ — VIRTUAL AND REAL WORLDS: HOW TO INHABIT THE DEVASTATED EARTH?
16 MAY 2024 — THE ESSENTIAL ACTION OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS IN CARING FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE URGENT NEED TO SUPPORT THEM
3 JULY 2024 — TESTIMONY OF THE WINNERS OF THE SISTERS ANTI-TRAFFICKING AWARDS 2024: RELIGIOUS SISTERS’ BEST PRACTICES AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
16 JULY 2024 — NTD FRANCE — INTERVIEW WITH MICHEL VEUTHEY: RITUAL VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING: “WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SPIRITUAL BATTLE”
FORCED LABOR & SUPPLY CHAINS
HEALTH
01 DECEMBER 2020 — HEALTH IMPACT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING: TRAUMA
08 DECEMBER 2020 — HEALTH IMPACT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING: HEALING
18 MAI 2021 — ASSISTANCE HUMANITAIRE ET SOCIALE DES VICTIMES DE LA TRAITE DES ÊTRES HUMAINS
12 OCTOBER 2023 — LES SOINS DES TROUBLES DU STRESS POST-TRAUMATIQUE POUR LES VICTIMES DE LA TRAITE DES ÊTRES HUMAINS — PTSD CARE FOR HT VICTIMS
LEGAL & PROSECUTION
16 FEBRUARY 2021 — WHERE ARE WE NOW? — INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
23 FEBRUARY 2021 — WHAT CAN BE DONE? — INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
2 MARCH 2021 — BEST PRACTICES? — INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
11 MAI 2021 — ASPECTS JURIDIQUES DE LA TRAITE DES ÊTRES HUMAINS
28 JUNE 2022 — JUSTICE & HT: THE GAP BETWEEN THE LAW AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN PRACTICE
LEGAL & SUPPLY CHAINS
MIGRATION
NEW PARADIGM
6 OCTOBER 2022 — HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND LAUDATO SI’:
TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY,
TO PREVENT AND ERADICATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
7 MARCH 2023 — ANTHROPOLOGY — FABRICE HADJADJ — VIRTUAL AND REAL WORLDS: HOW TO INHABIT THE DEVASTATED EARTH?
14 MARCH 2023 — FROM MOTIVATION TO VOCATION: BRIAN ISELIN’S JOURNEY AGAINST SLAVERY
24 SEPTEMBER 2024 — GLOBAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM
PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES
30 NOVEMBER 2023 — HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN RIGHTS
UN NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS SIDE-EVENT / JANUARY 11, 2024: STATEMENT BY KEVIN HYLAND OBE — $30 BILLION NEEDED TO COMBAT HT
11 JANUARY 2024 — SIDE EVENT AT UN NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS — HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES AND CARE OF VICTIMS
16 JULY 2024 — NTD FRANCE — INTERVIEW WITH MICHEL VEUTHEY: RITUAL VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING: “WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SPIRITUAL BATTLE”
24 SEPTEMBER 2024 — GLOBAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM
SEX TRAFFICKING
13 APRIL 2021 — DEMAND AS ROOT CAUSE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING — SEX TRAFFICKING & PROSTITUTION
5 MAY 2021 — ROOT CAUSES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING — THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
8 FEBRUARY 2022 — SEXUAL SLAVERY — TESTIMONY AND DEFENDING VICTIMS — MIDDLE EASTERN AND NIGERIAN WOMEN ENSLAVED
16 JULY 2024 — NTD FRANCE — INTERVIEW WITH MICHEL VEUTHEY: RITUAL VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING: “WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SPIRITUAL BATTLE”
TECHNOLOGY
TESTIMONIES
20 OCTOBER 2020 — THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING — Video
27 OCTOBER 2020 — RELIGIOUS WORKING IN INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING — Video
8 DECEMBER 2021 — RELIGION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
8 FEBRUARY 2022 — SEXUAL SLAVERY — TESTIMONY AND DEFENDING VICTIMS — MIDDLE EASTERN AND NIGERIAN WOMEN ENSLAVED
8 MARCH 2022 — WOMEN AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
6 DECEMBER 2022 — FAITH AND FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING: TESTIMONIES OF SISTERS WORKING FOR THE REHABILITATION OF VICTIMS
UN GENEVA & NEW YORK
27 MARCH 2023 — SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ARMED CONFLICTS AND POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS
4 JULY 2023 — SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — NON-PUNISHMENT OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING:
ENHANCING PROTECTION OF VICTIMS
20 SEPTEMBER 2023 — SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — RAISING AWARENESS ON CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY
11 DECEMBER 2023 — SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — REFUGEE PROTECTION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE GLOBAL REFUGEE FORUM 2023
11 JANUARY 2024 — SIDE EVENT AT UN NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS — HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES AND CARE OF VICTIMS
20 JUNE 2024 — SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — MOBILIZING AGAINST TRAFFICKING, EXPLOITATION, AND MODERN SLAVERY IN SPORT — A CALL TO ACTION
16 OCTOBER 2024 — EVENT AT THE UN IN GENEVA — MIGRANTS, REFUGEES, MIGRANT SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF OUR ON-DEMAND WEBINARS
20 OCTOBER 2020 — THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING — Video
27 OCTOBER 2020 — RELIGIOUS WORKING IN INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING — Video
01 DECEMBER 2020 — HEALTH IMPACT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING: TRAUMA
08 DECEMBER 2020 — HEALTH IMPACT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING: HEALING
16 FEBRUARY 2021 — WHERE ARE WE NOW? — INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
23 FEBRUARY 2021 — WHAT CAN BE DONE? — INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
2 MARCH 2021 — BEST PRACTICES? — INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
13 APRIL 2021 — DEMAND AS ROOT CAUSE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING — SEX TRAFFICKING & PROSTITUTION
20 APRIL 2021 — DEMAND AS ROOT CAUSE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING — FORCED LABOR — THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPLY CHAIN CONTROL AND THE ROLE OF CONSUMER
5 MAY 2021 — ROOT CAUSES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING — THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
11 MAI 2021 — ASPECTS JURIDIQUES DE LA TRAITE DES ÊTRES HUMAINS
18 MAI 2021 — ASSISTANCE HUMANITAIRE ET SOCIALE DES VICTIMES DE LA TRAITE DES ÊTRES HUMAINS
22 JUNE 2021 — MODERN SLAVERY AND DECENT WORK
12 OCTOBER 2021 — LEGAL APPROACHES TO REDUCING THE DEMAND BEHIND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
16 NOVEMBER 2021 — MIGRATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
8 DECEMBER 2021 — RELIGION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
8 FEBRUARY 2022 — SEXUAL SLAVERY — TESTIMONY AND DEFENDING VICTIMS — MIDDLE EASTERN AND NIGERIAN WOMEN ENSLAVED
8 MARCH 2022 — WOMEN AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
14 JUNE 2022 — DEMAND FOR HT: WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS CONSUMERS OF FORCED LABOR AND SEXUAL SLAVERY. HOW CAN WE END THIS CYCLE ?
28 JUNE 2022 — JUSTICE & HT: THE GAP BETWEEN THE LAW AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN PRACTICE
20 SEPTEMBER 2022 — COUNTERING THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO RECRUIT AND CONTROL VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO THE SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN
6 OCTOBER 2022 — HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND LAUDATO SI’:
TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY,
TO PREVENT AND ERADICATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
7 NOVEMBER 2022 — HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MIGRATION: CURRENT ASSESSMENT OF THE PERILOUS JOURNEY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
29 NOVEMBER 2022 — FORCED LABOR AND TRANSPARENCY OF SUPPLY CHAINS: TOWARDS PRESCRIPTIVE OR LEGAL MANDATORY APPROACHES?
6 DECEMBER 2022 — FAITH AND FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING: TESTIMONIES OF SISTERS WORKING FOR THE REHABILITATION OF VICTIMS
7 MARCH 2023 — ANTHROPOLOGY — FABRICE HADJADJ — VIRTUAL AND REAL WORLDS: HOW TO INHABIT THE DEVASTATED EARTH?
14 MARCH 2023 — FROM MOTIVATION TO VOCATION: BRIAN ISELIN’S JOURNEY AGAINST SLAVERY
27 MARCH 2023 — SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ARMED CONFLICTS AND POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS
25 APRIL 2023 — THE NEEDS AND STORIES OF MALE SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
27 JUNE 2023 — MALE SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: PRESENTATION OF ENA LUCIA MARIACA PACHECO’S RESEARCH
4 JULY 2023 — SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — NON-PUNISHMENT OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING:
ENHANCING PROTECTION OF VICTIMS
12 SEPTEMBER 2023 — BEST PRACTICES IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION, HEALING, COLLABORATION, AND PROGRAMMES FOR MEN & BOYS
20 SEPTEMBER 2023 — SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — RAISING AWARENESS ON CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY
12 OCTOBER 2023 — LES SOINS DES TROUBLES DU STRESS POST-TRAUMATIQUE POUR LES VICTIMES DE LA TRAITE DES ÊTRES HUMAINS — PTSD CARE FOR HT VICTIMS
30 NOVEMBER 2023 — HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN RIGHTS
5 DECEMBER 2023 — CHALLENGES AND BEST PRACTICES IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING POLICY, LEGISLATION, INVESTIGATION, AND VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES FOR MALE VICTIMS
11 DECEMBER 2023 — SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — REFUGEE PROTECTION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE GLOBAL REFUGEE FORUM 2023
11 JANUARY 2024 — SIDE EVENT AT UN NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS — HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES AND CARE OF VICTIMS
16 MAY 2024 — THE ESSENTIAL ACTION OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS IN CARING FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE URGENT NEED TO SUPPORT THEM
20 JUNE 2024 — SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — MOBILIZING AGAINST TRAFFICKING, EXPLOITATION, AND MODERN SLAVERY IN SPORT — A CALL TO ACTION
3 JULY 2024 — TESTIMONY OF THE WINNERS OF THE SISTERS ANTI-TRAFFICKING AWARDS 2024: RELIGIOUS SISTERS’ BEST PRACTICES AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
16 JULY 2024 — NTD FRANCE — INTERVIEW WITH MICHEL VEUTHEY: RITUAL VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING: “WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SPIRITUAL BATTLE”
24 SEPTEMBER 2024 — GLOBAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM
16 OCTOBER 2024 — EVENT AT THE UN IN GENEVA — MIGRANTS, REFUGEES, MIGRANT SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
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Speakers
Watch good practices leaders for victims of human trafficking
The Ad Laudato Si Forum brings together international ethical’s top academics, politicians, business, youth, and civil society leaders to engage in addressing the most pressing issues linked to the future of our common world.
Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to monitor and combat human trafficking. President of the Foundation Collège Universitaire Henry Dunant (CUHD). Doctor of Laws of the University of Geneva, Professor of International Law at Webster University Geneva. From 2010 to 2019, Vice-President of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Sanremo. He worked in the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from 1967 to 2000, as head of the Division of International Organizations, Delegate General for Europe and North America, Regional Delegate for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean and as Assistant to the President.
Argentine Catholic bishop, Chancellor Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Bishop Alastair led the Church of England’s anti-slavery work before retiring and was instrumental in establishing the Santa Marta Group. He also served in British politics in the House of Lords .
Deputy Permanent Observer at the Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations Office and other OIs in Geneva.
Founding Member and Global Strategy Director, Santa Marta Group (an anti-trafficking charity that aims to act as a catalyst for law enforcement). Chief Executive, PRAEVENI GLOBAL. 30 years experience of police investigation. From 2010, Head for the establishment of the Metropolitan Police Human Trafficking response in UK and from 2014 to May 2018, first Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner for the UK government, from 2018, Ireland’s representative to the Council of Europe Independent Group of Experts for Trafficking (Greta).
WCC Programme Executive for Child Rights and Manager of the WCC-UNICEF Partnership. Seidel holds a master’s degree of Sociology of the Sorbonne and Freie Universität Berlin and specialized in Educational Science and International Relations at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris.
Anglican Communion Geneva Representative to the United Nations.
Director of a Centre for Trafficked Girls in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Director of a Centre for Trafficked Girls in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Organisers
The Foundation Henry Dunant University College (CUHD), based in Geneva (Switzerland), in the hearts of the international community, organizes the platform “adlaudatosi” to promote its webinars on the themes of integral ecology and the fight against human trafficking as well as to contribute to the promotion of a true culture of human rights and human dignity. A new hope is needed to give new impetus to our societies in crisis: a culture that promotes the dignity and integral development of the person must be taught to build a just world and a future for every human being. The theme of integral ecology is central to our thinking. Professor Michel Veuthey, Ambassador of the Order of Malta to monitor and combat trafficking In persons, is CUHD’s President and the initiator of the adlaudatosi project. The Henry Dunant University College Foundation is recognized as a public utility and is controlled by the Swiss Federal Supervisory Authority for Foundations; its donors benefit from swiss tax deductions.
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INTERNATIONAL WEBINARS
ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
IN THE LIGHT OF “LAUDATO SI”
AND OF THE “FRATELLI TUTTI” ENCYCLICALS
21
Thursday
21.10.2024
12:00 -
14:00
(CET)
EVENT AT THE UN IN GENEVA — WORLD FISHERIES DAY — THE PROTECTION AND WELLBEING OF FISHERS AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that in 2020, around 58.5 million people were employed worldwide in primary fish production alone, of which approximately 21 percent are women. Including subsistence and secondary-sector workers and their dependents, it is estimated that about 600 million people depend on fisheries and aquaculture (7.5 percent of the world’s population), making it one of the most vulnerable sectors to human trafficking abuses
This Event will highlight and discuss the abuse of fishers across the world and what prevention strategies and measures can be introduced to mitigate these risks
OPENING REMARKS:
H.E. Ambassador Michel Veuthey, Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Speakers:
Fr. Bruno Ciceri, Moderator, International Director, SMSN — Stella Maris Scalabrinian Network, based at the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development in Rome. Member of the Executive Council of the International Christian Maritime Association
Dr. Miguel Bernal, Executive Secretary General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Kevin Hyland OBE, Former UK Government’s first Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner from 2014 to 2018 and Chief Executive, PRAEVENI
Christine Bader, Legal Specialist at the Maritime and Transport Unit of the Sectoral Policies Department, ILO
Dr. Ismael Cobos Delgado (TBC), Deputy Director in Maritime Safety Division, IMO — International Maritime Organisation
Dr. Jessica Sparks, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the MS in Conservation Medicine (MCM) program at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Agriculture, Food, Environment at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, associate director of the university’s Rights Lab’s ecosystems and the environment program and assistant professor of antislavery economics at the University of Nottingham
Chris Williams, UK fisheries expert, ITF Fisheries Section. BSc biology & North American History & Politics (Sussex), MA Environment & Development (Kings, London 2004)
Fr. Marcio Toniazzo, Executive Director SIMN — Scalabrini International Migration Network
02
Monday
02.12.2024
18:30 -
19:30
(CET)
10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE FAITH LEADERS’ UNIVERSAL DECLARATION AGAINST SLAVERY (ROME 2 DECEMBER 2014)
Reaffirming the commitment of the religious communities against Modern Slavery, Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus
CO-ORGANIZERS: Permanent Mission of the Holy See Geneva, Sovereign Order of Malta, Anglican Communion and Santa Marta Group
HOLY MASS at 18:00 — Reaffirmation of the Joint Declaration against Modern Slavery at 18:30 — A reception will follow from 19:15 onwards
Paroisse St John XXIII Geneva
57, Rue de Montbrillant, 1202 Geneva
Holy Mass with the Emeritus Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, H.E. Archbishop Marcelo SÁNCHEZ SORONDO, the Deputy Permanent Observer of the Mission of the Holy See, Monsignor R. MENDOZA, Father Paul C. FRIEL (Curé of the English-speaking Roman Catholic Parish of St John XXIII) and two other Catholic priests, Father Jeff BAYHI and Father Charles SWANSON, Directors of a Centre for Trafficked Girls in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
OPENING REMARKS:
H.E. Ambassador Michel Veuthey, Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Speakers:
H.E. Archbishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor Emeritus of the Pontifical
Academy of Sciences, Vatican City
Bishop Emeritus Alastair Redfern, Bishop Alastair led the Church of England’s anti-slavery work before retiring and was instrumental in establishing the Santa Marta Group. He also served in British politics in the House of Lords
Monsignor Riyyan Chaves Mendoza, Deputy Permanent Observer at the Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations Office and other OIs in Geneva
Kevin Hyland OBE, LLM, Former UK Government’s first Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner from 2014 to 2018 and Chief Executive, PRAEVENI GLOBAL
Frederique Seidel, WCC Programme Executive for Child Rights and Manager of the WCC-UNICEF Partnership. Seidel holds a master’s degree of Sociology of the Sorbonne and Freie Universität Berlin and specialized in Educational Science and International Relations at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris — A representative of the World Council of Churches (WCC)
Reverend Glen Ruffle, MSc, Anglican Communion Geneva Representative to the United Nations
Father Jeff Bayhi & Father Charles Swanson, Directors of Metanoia, a Centre for Trafficked Girls in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA