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SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — REFUGEE PROTECTION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE GLOBAL REFUGEE FORUM 2023

This event aims to shed light on the com­plex dynam­ics that refugees face when they become vul­ner­a­ble to human traf­fick­ing and calls for holis­tic, com­pre­hen­sive and rights-based respons­es. The Glob­al Refugee Forum 2023 pro­vides a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty for more sol­i­dar­i­ty shar­ing and enhanced access to pro­tec­tion and solu­tions for refugees who are vic­tims of traf­fick­ing or at risk of being trafficked

OPENING REMARKS & MODERATOR: H.E. Ambas­sador Giampao­lo Can­ti­ni TBC, Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al of For­eign Affairs,
Sov­er­eign Order of Malta

Speak­ers:

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

Geneviève Colas, Sec­ours Catholique France – Car­i­tas France. Pre­sen­ta­tion of COATNET and Clos­ing Remarks

Amy E. Pope TBC, Direc­tor Gen­er­al, IOM

H.E. Ambas­sador Jérôme Bon­na­font TBC, Per­ma­nent Rep­re­sen­ta­tive of France to the UN and OIs

Prof. Siob­hán Mul­lal­ly, Spe­cial Rap­por­teur on Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons, espe­cial­ly women and children

Patrick Eba, Deputy Direc­tor for Pro­tec­tion, UNHCR

Andrea Salvoni, Deputy Coor­di­na­tor for Com­bat­ing Traf­fick­ing in Human Beings, OSCE

Ariela Mitri, Deputy Director/Head ofAn­ti-Traf­fick­ing and Migra­tion Depart­ment, Car­i­tas Albania

CHALLENGES AND BEST PRACTICES IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING POLICY, LEGISLATION, INVESTIGATION, AND VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES FOR MALE VICTIMS

This ses­sion will high­light chal­lenges in human traf­fick­ing pol­i­cy, leg­is­la­tion, inves­ti­ga­tion, and vic­tim sup­port ser­vices for male victims

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

Speak­ers:

Ena Lucia Mari­a­ca Pacheco, Researcher and advo­cate for jus­tice, specif­i­cal­ly for boys and men who are sur­vivors of abuse, exploita­tion and human traf­fick­ing. Mem­ber of Glob­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Human Traf­fick­ing Schol­ars (GAHTS). Author of “The needs and sto­ries of male sur­vivors of child sex­u­al abuse, exploita­tion and human trafficking”

Hol­ly Wood, Researcher, edu­ca­tor, com­mu­ni­ca­tions and vol­un­teer lead. She holds a BA Hon­ours in Law from Car­leton Uni­ver­si­ty and a MA Legal Stud­ies The­sis sur­round­ing the top­ic of police respons­es to Sex Traf­fick­ing in Ontario Cana­da. She is the Vice Chair of the Ottawa Coali­tion to End Human Traf­fick­ing, and the Chair of the Coalition’s Advo­ca­cy Committee

Cris­t­ian Eduar­do, Co-founder of “Unit­ed Immi­grants of New York” and “Mujeres en Resisten­cia”, advo­cate, speak­er and edu­ca­tor for anti-traf­fick­ing ini­tia­tives. He is a sur­vivor of inter­na­tion­al and domes­tic sex and labor traf­fick­ing. Cris­t­ian Eduardo’s inspi­ra­tion for his social jus­tice work is to give insight that vic­tims always remain human beings. He a Lead Human Traf­fick­ing Con­sul­tant and Sur­vivor with Shobana Pow­ell Consulting

Alisa Gbior­czyk, CEO & Founder of CYBER NITEWATCH which offers spe­cial­ized in-per­son and online train­ing cours­es, action­able intel­li­gence prod­ucts to the appro­pri­ate author­i­ties inves­ti­gat­ing HT, pri­vate inves­ti­ga­tors in the state of Vir­ginia (US) and research. Alisa Gbior­czyk is ded­i­cat­ed to pro­vid­ing research, intel­li­gence, train­ing, and sup­port to the world. She is mem­ber of the OSCE Inter­na­tion­al Sur­vivor Advi­so­ry Coun­cil (ISTAC), of INTER­POL’s Human Traf­fick­ing Expert Group and of the Glob­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Human Traf­fick­ing Schol­ars. She trained Cana­di­an law enforce­ment offi­cials and devel­oped train­ing for pros­e­cu­tors and law enforce­ment offi­cials in South Africa. She grad­u­at­ed with a mas­ter’s degree in inter­na­tion­al rela­tions from Har­vard University

LES SOINS DES TROUBLES DU STRESS POST-TRAUMATIQUE POUR LES VICTIMES DE LA TRAITE DES ÊTRES HUMAINS — PTSD CARE FOR HT VICTIMS

Les impacts post-trau­ma­tiques peu­vent boule­vers­er à ce point le com­porte­ment d’une vic­time qu’elle se retrou­ve dans l’incapacité de témoign­er con­crète­ment sur son his­torique et les sévices vécus, dans une atti­tude objec­tive qui va con­tre son intérêt lors des pre­miers con­tacts avec les per­son­nes et autorités qui doivent qual­i­fi­er son statut juridique de vic­times de la traite. La rémis­sion et la diminu­tion de ces impacts est un proces­sus très long de soins dont la qual­ité est essen­tielle pour per­me­t­tre à terme une réin­ser­tion dans la société. Les clés de suc­cès de ce proces­sus sont impor­tantes à con­naître par toutes les par­ties en con­tact avec la vic­time pour éviter un proces­sus de retrau­ma­ti­sa­tions suc­ces­sives, de traiter la vic­time comme une crim­inelle, une per­son­ne ayant per­du son équili­bre dont les pro­pos sont peu cohérents et à la lim­ite du mensonge

INTRODUCTION & MODÉRATION : Pro­fesseur Michel Veuthey, Ambas­sadeur de l’Or­dre de Malte con­tre la traite de personnes

Inter­venants :

Joana Her­rmann, psy­cho­logue du refuge genevois du « Cœur des Grottes », spé­cial­isée en psychotraumatologie

Doc­toresse Sophie Durieux, Respon­s­able RSP HUG (RÉSEAU SANTÉ POUR TOUS)

Doc­teur Emmanuel Escard, Respon­s­able de l’Unité Inter­dis­ci­plinaire de Médecine et Préven­tion de la Vio­lence (UIMPV—HUG)

Co-organ­isa­teurs : Ordre de Malte, Foun­da­tion du Coeur des Grottes et asso­ci­a­tion Astrée, refuges pour vic­times de la traite à Genève et à Lausanne

RAISING AWARENESS ON CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY

Vic­tims of human traf­fick­ing often face mul­ti­ple forms of abuse, exploita­tion, and trau­ma. It is cru­cial to estab­lish a com­pre­hen­sive frame­work that not only sup­ports vic­tims but also pre­vents their pun­ish­ment or crim­i­nal­iza­tion for the crimes they were forced to com­mit. Twen­ty-three years after the Paler­mo Pro­to­col (Unit­ed Nations Pro­to­col to Pre­vent, Sup­press and Pun­ish Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons, espe­cial­ly Women, and Chil­dren), the scourge of human traf­fick­ing is far from being defeated

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

Speak­ers:

Dr. Berta Fer­nan­dez-Alfaro, IOM Chiel of Mis­sion. Coor­di­na­tion Ollice for Switzer­land and Liechtenstein

H.E. Cindy Dyer, Ambas­sador at large, Ofice to Mon­i­tor and Com­bat Trafick­ing in Per­sons — US. Depart­ment of State

Prof. Tomoya Oboka­ta, Spe­cial Rap­por­teur on Con­tem­po­rary Forms of Slav­ery. Human Rights Coun­cil, UN Geneva

Alice Eck­stein, Project Direc­tor of the FAST ini­tia­tive. For­mer Pro­gramme Man­ag­er for the Mod­ern Slav­ery Pro­gramme at Unit­ed Nations Uni­ver­si­ty Cen­tre for Pol­i­cy Research in New York

Orga­niz­ers:

Sov­er­eign Order of Malta

IOM Switzer­land

Cospon­sors:

U.S. Per­ma­nent Mis­sion to the Unit­ed Nations Office and oth­er Inter­na­tion­al orga­ni­za­tions in Geneva

Per­ma­nent Mis­sion of Colom­bia to the Unit­ed Nations Office and oth­er inter­na­tion­al orga­ni­za­tions in Geneva

Per­ma­nent Mis­sion of the Prin­ci­pal­i­ty of Liecht­en­stein to the Unit­ed Nations Office and oth­er inter­na­tion­al orga­ni­za­tions in Geneva

BEST PRACTICES IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION, HEALING, COLLABORATION, AND PROGRAMMES FOR MEN & BOYS

This ses­sion will high­light best prac­tices around the world with Ena Lucia Mari­a­ca Pacheco and with tes­ti­monies from sur­vivors who are now involved in the fight and train­ing against the abuse of male children

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

Speak­ers:

Ena Lucia Mari­a­ca Pacheco — Mod­er­a­tor, Researcher and advo­cate for jus­tice, specif­i­cal­ly for boys and men who are sur­vivors of abuse, exploita­tion and human traf­fick­ing. Mem­ber of Glob­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Human Traf­fick­ing Schol­ars (GAHTS). Author of “The needs and sto­ries of male sur­vivors of child sex­u­al abuse, exploita­tion and human trafficking”

Francesco Cecon, Head of the Glob­al Boys Ini­tia­tive at ECPAT Inter­na­tion­al and leads the pro­gramme design and imple­men­ta­tion with mem­bers and part­ners since May 2022. Pre­vi­ous­ly, he worked for sev­er­al years with Save the Chil­dren as a Child Pro­tec­tion Advi­sor across West Africa, Europe and Cen­tral Amer­i­ca in both devel­op­ment and human­i­tar­i­an con­texts, focus­ing on case man­age­ment ser­vices for child sur­vivors of sex­u­al vio­lence, exploita­tion and traf­fick­ing, along with child-cen­tred psy­choso­cial sup­port inter­ven­tions. Francesco holds a mas­ter’s degree from the Uni­ver­si­ty of War­wick and speaks Eng­lish, French, Span­ish and Italian

Per­ry Pow­er, Actor, Speak­er and entre­pre­neur, Per­ry Pow­er rais­es aware­ness of intra-famil­ial abuse and inspires sur­vivors to break their silence. Per­ry co-found­ed “We Res­cue Kids” (a U.S‑based char­i­ty giv­ing free men­tal health­care to child sur­vivors of sex­u­al abuse), is a trustee for “We-Togeth­er” (a UK-based char­i­ty build­ing a tool that allows vic­tims to self-report), and runs a self-pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny called “Pow­er­ful Books”, help­ing trau­ma sur­vivors to write and pub­lish their own book

Nathan Earl, Researcher, advo­cate and pub­lic health con­sul­tant with a pas­sion for co-build­ing resilient com­mu­ni­ties immune to exploita­tion. Under the giantslay­er. brand, Nathan lever­ages more than 20 years of lived and pro­fes­sion­al expe­ri­ence to help orga­ni­za­tions and com­mu­ni­ties pre­vent vio­lence against boys and men, as well as 2SLGBTQ+ young peo­ple. Mr. Earl’s research focus areas include drug-facil­i­tat­ed com­mer­cial sex­u­al exploita­tion, men­tal health chal­lenges expe­ri­enced by those impact­ed by human traf­fick­ing, and male vic­tim­iza­tion syn­dem­ic to sub­stance depen­den­cy, PTSD and HIV. In 2014, Mr. Earl oper­a­tional­ized one of the first out­reach and hous­ing pro­grams for male youth sur­vivors of human traf­fick­ing pre­sent­ing with sub­stance depen­den­cy. Nathan cur­rent­ly serves as a Con­sul­tant with Nation­al Youth Law Cen­ter, The Nation­al Cen­ter on Child Traf­fick­ing, U.S. Depart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices’ Equi­ty and Human Traf­fick­ing Tech­ni­cal Assis­tance Cen­ters, is the co-founder of the U.S. Coun­cil on Vio­lence against Men and Boys and is a Board Direc­tor at Love 146