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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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
The sisters will present their work with victims of trafficking, the importance of faith in giving them the strength to act, and the fact that they are often the only ones to act when the needs are overwhelming and the appropriate resources (human and material) are lacking
12 JUNE 2024 — TESTIMONY OF THE WINNERS OF THE SISTERS ANTI-TRAFFICKING AWARDS 2024: RELIGIOUS SISTERS’ BEST PRACTICES AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
In the 20th century, many Catholic religious orders established programs to combat human trafficking. Guided by a belief in universal human dignity, sisters refuse to abandon anyone in need of help. Arise, UISG and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation co-host the annual Sisters’ Anti-Trafficking Awards. The selected laureates will be welcomed at the award ceremony happening in Rome on 23 May 2024
20 JUNE 2024 — SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — MOBILIZING AGAINST TRAFFICKING, EXPLOITATION, AND MODERN SLAVERY IN SPORT
Sport is a massive business in which hundreds of billions of dollars circulate through global economies annually. It also attracts unscrupulous criminals and human traffickers willing to take advantage of this multi-billion-dollar industry to exploit children and adults in, through, and around sport
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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?
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
PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES
SEX TRAFFICKING
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
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
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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.
Sister of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, member from 2022 of the congregational Chapter of the Order in Rome as Apostolic Councilor for Germany & Albania. 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 is a workig board member of RENATE and of the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
Winner of “Sisters Anti-Trafficking Awards 2023” in London. Member of the Salesian Family from the Catechist Sisters of Mary Immaculate Help of Christians, founded on 12thDecember 1948, by Bishop Louis La Ravoire Morrow SDB in Krishnanagar, West Bengal, India. Bishop Marrow saw the necessity of educated religious women to work among the women of his diocese owing to difficulties of priests not being able to reach out to the women in their homes, so wanted a group of sisters to visit homes in towns and villages. In 1992, they became an official member of the Salesian Family. Lawyer, Thomas launched from 2010 campaigns against human trafficking and attempts to make village women self-reliant.
Catholic Sister of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. She is the Director of Safe-Child Advocacy (SCA), a social service institution owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi which provides multifaceted services to support, reintegrate, and promote accessibility for children in street situations. She has over 36 years of experience in the Social Work practice.
Responsible of a Shelter for Returned Victims of Trafficking, the Bakhita House in Lagos (Nigeria). Pope Benedict XVI honoured Patricia Ebegbulem SSL in 2012 with the highest Papal honour for Consecrated persons, the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal.
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 tax deductions.
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INTERNATIONAL WEBINARS
ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
IN THE LIGHT OF “LAUDATO SI”
AND OF THE “FRATELLI TUTTI” ENCYCLICALS
16
Thursday
16.05.2024
18:00 -
19:30
(CEST)
THE ESSENTIAL ACTION OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS IN CARING FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE URGENT NEED TO SUPPORT THEM
The sisters will present their work with victims of trafficking, the importance of faith in giving them the strength to act, and the fact that they are often the only ones to act when the needs are overwhelming and the appropriate resources (human and material) are lacking
OPENING REMARKS:
H.E. Dr. Michel Veuthey, Ambassador to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Sovereign Order of Malta, Geneva, Switzerland
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Speakers:
Sister Mirjam Beike, Sister of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, member from 2022 of the congregational Chapter of the Order in Rome as Apostolic Councilor for Germany & Albania. 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 is a workig board member of RENATE and of the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Sister Seli Thomas, Winner of “Sisters Anti-Trafficking Awards 2023” in London. Member of the Salesian Family from the Catechist Sisters of Mary Immaculate Help of Christians, founded on 12thDecember 1948, by Bishop Louis La Ravoire Morrow SDB in Krishnanagar, West Bengal, India. Bishop Marrow saw the necessity of educated religious women to work among the women of his diocese owing to difficulties of priests not being able to reach out to the women in their homes, so wanted a group of sisters to visit homes in towns and villages. In 1992, they became an official member of the Salesian Family. Lawyer, Thomas launched from 2010 campaigns against human trafficking and attempts to make village women self-reliant
Sister Olivia Umoh, Catholic Sister of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. She is the Director of Safe-Child Advocacy (SCA), a social service institution owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi which provides multifaceted services to support, reintegrate, and promote accessibility for children in street situations. She has over 36 years of experience in the Social Work practice
Sister Patricia Ebegbulem, Winner of “Sisters Anti-Trafficking Awards 2023” in London. Responsible of a Shelter for Returned Victims of Trafficking, the Bakhita House in Lagos (Nigeria). Pope Benedict XVI honoured Patricia Ebegbulem SSL in 2012 with the highest Papal honour for Consecrated persons, the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal
12
Wednesday
12.06.2024
18:00 -
19:30
(CSTC)
TESTIMONY OF THE 2024 WINNERS OF THE SISTERS ANTI-TRAFFICKING AWARDS: RELIGIOUS SISTERS’ BEST PRACTICES
In the 20th century, many Catholic religious orders established programs to combat human trafficking. Guided by a belief in universal human dignity, sisters refuse to abandon anyone in need of help. Arise, UISG and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation co-host the annual Sisters’ Anti-Trafficking Awards. The selected laureates will be welcomed at the award ceremony happening in Rome on 23 May 2024
The conference was organized by the Permanent Observer Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations in New York in collaboration with Global Strategic Operatives, and co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of France, Mexico, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines as well as FAST Initiative (Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking)
OPENING REMARKS:
H.E. Ambassador Michel Veuthey, Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Speakers:
John Studzinski CBE, An American-born British investment banker and philanthropist and the Vice Chairman of PIMCO. His philanthropy extends to modern slavery, human rights, homelessness and the arts, through his UK charity, the Genesis Foundation. A leader in the philanthropy world for over 35 years, John co-founded Arise in 2015. His admiration for and devotion to those at the frontline of the human trafficking crisis continue to shape and inspire Arise’s prevention work. John is Arise’s Founding President
Sisters, Winners of the Anti-Trafficking Awards 2024, to be nominated in Rome on 23 May 2024
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To be confirmed
20.06.2023
11:00 -
12:00
(CEST)
SIDE EVENT AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA — MOBILIZING AGAINST TRAFFICKING, EXPLOITATION, AND MODERN SLAVERY IN SPORT
Sport is a massive business in which hundreds of billions of dollars circulate through global economies annually. It also attracts unscrupulous criminals and human traffickers willing to take advantage of this multi-billion-dollar industry to exploit children and adults in, through, and around sport
OPENING REMARKS:
H.E. Ambassador Michel Veuthey, Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Speakers:
Prof. Parosha CHANDRAN (TBC), Moderator, Professor of Practice in Modern Slavery Law in The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London
Prof. Katarina SCHWARZ (TBC), Associate Professor of Antislavery Law and Policy, University of Nottingham
John-Michael LANDER (TBC), Survivor of child sexual abuse, certified Trainer and Life Coach for the Self-Talk Institute, voice for the voiceless he is the founder of “An Athlete’s Silence”. As an athlete, he silently endured sexual abuse and trafficking from the adults entrusted with his training while winning gold medals at the Norway and Danish Cups. He broke his silence with the TedTalk, “An Athlete’s Silence”
Geneviève COLAS (TBC), Secours Catholique France – Caritas France, COATNET
Kevin HYLAND (TBC), Global Strategy Director, Santa Marta Group – Presenting his political appeal to increase means to fight against human trafficking
Lerina BRIGHT, Executive Director and Founder of MISSION 89