EU Pledges Swift Action on Humanitarian Crisis in the Mediterranean Sea
‘’They are men and women like us , our brothers seeking a better life, starving, persecuted, wounded, exploited, victims of war.
‘’They are men and women like us , our brothers seeking a better life, starving, persecuted, wounded, exploited, victims of war.
This Way of the Cross is for us to pray everyday, in union with our many trafficked sisters and brothers who suffer daily on this cross with Jesus.
Although still seven years hence, work is well under way for the World Cup in 2022, which will be held in Qatar, the Middle East.
On Friday, 13th February, WalkFree.org posted the good news outcome of justice being served to Erwiana, a domestic worker in Hong Kong, who was mistreated and exploited by her employers.
Letter from Talitha Kum for the first International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking.
Rome, 23rd January 2015
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
The Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center in the US acts for justice in the church and in the world. IPJC is sponsored by 18 religious communities and collaborates with Catholic,
The Catholic News Agency (KAI) in Poland presented the Pope’s message for the World Day of Peace at the press conference on 10th December 2014.
For the first time in history, leaders of the world’s largest faiths have come together. Their goal is to end slavery.
Committed to the dignity and freedom that is the birthright of all humankind,
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, marks the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others of 2 December 1949.
Ireland joins other European Union member States by introducing legislation which makes it illegal now in Ireland, to pay for sex.
Minister for justice,
A relatively good-news story from Ireland about the Phillipino people, who although unfortunate in their work situations, happen to have arrived at a relatively positive outcome,
GENEVA, Switzerland, 17 October 2014 – Heads of three international organizations have issued a call to citizens from all walks of life to join the fight against modern day slavery ahead of tomorrow’s European Anti-Trafficking Day.