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RELIGION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Reli­gions take an impor­tant role in denounc­ing mod­ern slav­ery, in pro­tect­ing, res­cu­ing and reha­bil­i­tat­ing vic­tims of human traf­fick­ing. Reli­gious Lead­ers and reli­gious con­gre­ga­tions take a large part in the fight against mod­ern slavery.

 This webi­nar will present:

• the “Pas­toral Ori­en­ta­tions on Human Traf­fick­ing” pro­posed by Pope Fran­cis and The Migrants & Refugees Sec­tion of the Vat­i­can after a con­sul­ta­tion with church lead­ers, aca­d­e­mics and prac­ti­tion­ers and part­ner orga­ni­za­tions work­ing in this field
• the assess­ment of the present sit­u­a­tion and pro­pos­als of rep­re­sen­ta­tives of Chris­t­ian, Jew­ish and Mus­lim faiths in order to pro­mote action at the inter­na­tion­al, region­al and nation­al levels

OPENING REMARKS:Professor Michel Veuthey, Ambas­sador of the Sov­er­eign Order of Mal­ta to Mon­i­tor and Com­bat Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons, Moderator

Speak­ers:

Sis­ter Mir­jam BEIKE, U.N. RGS, Mod­er­a­tor, Rep­re­sen­ta­tive at the UN in Gene­va for the Sis­ters of Our Lady of Char­i­ty of the Good Shep­herd. She worked 30 years with sur­vivors of traf­fick­ing in Ger­many and Alba­nia. She will present the “Pas­toral Ori­en­ta­tions on Human Trafficking”

H.E. Car­di­nal Dieudon­né NZAPALAINGA and Imam Abde­louaye OUASSELEGUE, bear­ing wit­ness and tak­ing action to avoid instru­men­tal­i­sa­tion of reli­gion by war­lords and to pro­mote rec­on­cil­i­a­tion in the Cen­tral African Repub­lic (RCA)

Dr. Reda BENKIRANE, soci­ol­o­gist, doc­tor in phi­los­o­phy, is an inter­na­tion­al con­sul­tant in Gene­va who lives between Switzer­land and Moroc­co. Author of books on Com­plex­i­ty, inter­dis­ci­pli­nary and inter­cul­tur­al issues, he is the founder and edi­tor of the knowl­edge por­tal archipress.org and the research work­shop Iqbal

Rab­bi François GARAÏ, GIL, Pres­i­dent, Gene­va Spir­i­tu­al Appeal

Prof. Azza KARAM, Sec­re­tary-Gen­er­al, Reli­gions for Peace

MIGRATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING — ASSESSMENT OF THE PRESENT SITUATION AND PROPOSALS OF EXPERTS 

OPENING REMARKS:Professor Michel Veuthey, Ambas­sador of the Sov­er­eign Order of Mal­ta to Mon­i­tor and Com­bat Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons, Moderator

Speak­ers:

Pro­fes­sor Siob­hán MULLALLY, U.N. Spe­cial Rap­por­teur on traf­fick­ing in per­sons, espe­cial­ly in women and chil­dren. Pro­fes­sor of Human Rights Law and Direc­tor of the Irish Cen­tre for Human Rights at NUI Gal­way. From 2017–19, Pro­fes­sor Mul­lal­ly was the Pres­i­dent of the Coun­cil of Europe treaty mon­i­tor­ing body, the Group of Experts on Action against Traf­fick­ing (GRETA)

Kel­ly RYAN, For­mer Coor­di­na­tor of the inter­gov­ern­men­tal con­sul­ta­tions on migra­tion, asy­lum and refugees (CIG). As a senior offi­cial of the Unit­ed States Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment, from 2010 to 2013, she was act­ing Assis­tant Deputy Sec­re­tary for immi­gra­tion and bor­der secu­ri­ty at the Depart­ment of Home­land Secu­ri­ty. Vice-Pres­i­dent of Hen­ry Dunant Uni­ver­si­ty Col­lege (CUHD)

Andria KENNEY, Counter Traf­fick­ing in Emer­gen­cies Spe­cial­ist — Migrant Pro­tec­tion and Assis­tance Divi­sion Inter­na­tion­al Orga­ni­za­tion for Migra­tion. Pri­or to man­ag­ing glob­al projects from IOM’s head­quar­ters, Andria has assist­ed vul­ner­a­ble migrants in con­flict-affect­ed envi­ron­ments includ­ing Libya, South Sudan, Soma­lia, and Kenya. She co-chairs the Glob­al Pro­tec­tion Clus­ter Anti-Traf­fick­ing Task Team

Mgr. Robert VITILLO, Sec­re­tary-Gen­er­al, Inter­na­tion­al Catholic Migra­tion Com­mis­sion — Assess­ing the sit­u­a­tion and mak­ing pro­pos­als on behalf of ICMC, an world­wide orga­ni­za­tion whose con­stituents are the nation­al con­fer­ences of Catholic Bishops

Stéphane JAQUEMET, ICMC Direc­tor of Pol­i­cy, Head Civ­il Soci­ety Coor­di­nat­ing Office, Glob­al Forum on Migra­tion & Devel­op­ment (GFMD). — Assess­ing the sit­u­a­tion and mak­ing pro­pos­als from the point of view of Civ­il Society

Father Mussie ZERAI, Roman Catholic priest known for his work with migrants cross­ing the Mediter­ranean Sea from North Africa to Europe dur­ing the Euro­pean migrant crisis

LEGAL APPROACHES TO REDUCING THE DEMAND BEHIND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

While law enforce­ment respons­es to human traf­fick­ing are the clear focus glob­al­ly, they are entire­ly sup­ply side. Sup­ply-side mea­sures can deter, dis­place, and dis­rupt spe­cif­ic oper­a­tions, but do not impact either the size of the nature or the illic­it mar­kets for labor. They also fail to counter the per­pet­u­al upward spi­ral of demand that dri­ves the traf­fick­ing of peo­ple. This over­whelm­ing sup­ply-side focus has meant legal respons­es on the demand side of the equa­tion are seri­ous­ly lack­ing. This webi­nar is designed to pro­voke ideas about how the law is used to dri­ve demand-side respons­es, reduc­ing the dri­ving force for all forms of human trafficking.

OPENING REMARKS:Professor Michel Veuthey, Ambas­sador of the Sov­er­eign Order of Mal­ta to Mon­i­tor and Com­bat Traf­fick­ing in Persons

Claire Potaux Vesy, IOM-Berne’s Deputy Chief of Mis­sion, Coor­di­na­tion Office for Switzer­land and Liechtenstein

Speak­ers:

Bri­an Iselin, Moderator,Founder of Gene­va-based Slave Free Trade, a non­prof­it work­ing on lever­ag­ing the might of the blockchain to rid the world of slave labor, spe­cial­ist and pro­mot­er of demand-side respons­es, reduc­ing the dri­ving force for all forms of human traf­fick­ing. For­mer Aus­tralian sol­dier and fed­er­al agent, 30 years of expe­ri­ence in the fight against human traf­fick­ing at the inter­na­tion­al level

Judge Marc Stein­er, from 2007 Judge at the Swiss Fed­er­al Admin­is­tra­tive Court, His research focus­es on the legal impli­ca­tions of the inclu­sion of envi­ron­men­tal and social poli­cies in pub­lic pro­cure­ment prac­tices. He has deli­vered an exper­tise on Green Pub­lic Pro­cure­ment in Switzer­land (2006) and is­sued a work­ing pa­per on how to inte­grate social as­pects in pub­lic pro­cure­ment pro­ces­ses (2009, 4th ver­sion 2017). He is one of four co-authors of the stan­dard ref­er­ence work on the prac­tice of pub­lic pro­cure­ment in Switzer­land (“Prax­is des öffentlichen Beschaf­fungsrechts”, 3rd edi­tion 2013)

John Antho­ny McCarthy, Chair of the Catholic Arch­dio­cese of Syd­ney Anti-Slav­ery Task­force Exec­u­tive Team, Aus­tralian Ambas­sador to the Holy See from 2012 to 2016, QC, Queens Coun­sel at the NSW Bar and a bar­ris­ter in Sydney