Archives for July 2017 | Stop Human Trafficking

World Day against Trafficking in Persons. July 30, 2017.

Many different organisations, committed to working against trafficking in persons, unite in a joint declaration to bring attention to this subject.

July 28, 2017

SECTT- the sexual exploitation of children embedded in the context of travel, tourism or both (The Global Study, p.20).

Now that summer-time travel is at its busiest, UNICEF in the United States of America, alert us to the findings in their Global Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism,

July 21, 2017

Laudato ‘Si ‘’Centre-stage in the life of the Catholic Church.’’

The Annual Conference of the National Justice and Peace Network of England and Wales, takes place on 21-23 July at the Hayes Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire,

July 21, 2017

Local authority in the UK votes unanimously to initiate a human trafficking awareness campaign.

In a proactive response to an increase in the incidences of modern slavery, Hertsmere Borough Council recently voted to initiate a human trafficking awareness-raising campaign,

July 21, 2017

Pope Francis does not allow us ignore the connections between organised crime, of which Modern Slavery is one.

Last month the Vatican hosted its first conference on corruption and organized crime, inviting 50 prosecutors, U.N. officials, bishops and victims of organized crime for a day of talks.

July 21, 2017

News from the summer session of the Council of Europe Conference of INGO’s, 26-30 June 2017.

RENATE Core Group member, Marie Hélène Halligon, RGS, shares with us an update on the news from the recent CoE meetings in June,

July 21, 2017

Talitha Kum publish the report on the meeting of the International Coordinators, which took place in Rome, 19-23 June, at the UISG offices Piazza di Ponte Sant’Angelo.

The Full Report and individual Continent Reports are available at http://www.talithakum.info/news including RENATE President Imelda Poole’s presentation on RENATE.

July 21, 2017

RENATE member, Sr. Begoña Iñarra, Missionnaire de N.D. d’Afrique (Sœurs Blanches), shares her presentation to the round-table discussions at the UN, on the interconnectedness of migration and human trafficking.

In her presentation, Begoña speaks about the migration journey and plight of Nigerian women trafficked into prostitution in France; the distinction between ‘smuggling’ and ‘human trafficking’;

July 14, 2017

US Government votes to Re-authorise and Strengthen Key Anti-Human Trafficking Legislation which targets human traffickers. 11 July 2017.

In a strategic move to turn the tables on human traffickers, the House of Representatives passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Re-authorisation Act of 2017 (H.R.

July 14, 2017