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ANDANTE Report: Modern Slavery- An Old Crime in New Forms, 3-8 May, 2017
ANDANTE Study Days outcomes 3-8 May, 2017.
ANDANTE Study Days 3-8 May 2017
Night Vigil at the Basilica of the Holy Cross, Warsaw, Poland, in honour of the International day of Prayer and Awareness against Trafficking in Persons.
In honour of the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Trafficking in Persons, The Bakhita Network in Poland, the Inter-Religious Network for the Prevention and Aid for the Victims of Contemporary Slavery, collaborated with two other foundations to organise a night Vigil at the Basilica of the Holy Cross, Warsaw on the 3rd/4th February with the theme ‘Turn night into the POWER of charity.’
Preceded by references to the issue of human trafficking in the Press, on radio, in advertisements on websites and social media, the Vigil was open to all who were touched by the tragedy of our enslaved brothers and sisters. A special invitation was extended to those who made extra efforts to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 03.00 on the first Saturday of every month throughout the year. The Divine Mercy Chaplet focused specifically on praying for the victims of human trafficking, the perpetrators of their suffering and an appeal to bring an end to human trafficking in the world.
Together that night, we listened to the cry of the victims and prayed “Father, they are your children, not slaves.”
Subsequent to the Vigil, the Catholic Press, radio and print media in Poland, published articles about the Vigil and about the problem of modern slavery in the world and in our country.
The Vigil programme (from 21.00 p.m to 5.00 a.m) was as follows:
Joanna Lipowska, fmm.
Reports in Polish: www.siecbakhita.com
Gallery – http://www.siecbakhita.com/index.php/galeria
Videoclip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNWPLrGGCHQ
Adapted by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications Person.
On the 3rd of January, 2017, the outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called on all countries to investigate and prosecute cases of human trafficking and said the most vulnerable victims are women, children and refugees caught up in conflict areas around the globe.
The Secretary General, addressing the 15-member Security Council during an open debate on human trafficking in conflict zones, said extremist groups from the Islamic State to Boko Haram and al-Shabab traffic in persons, especially women and girls, as a weapon of terror and source of revenue.
“We have to fight trafficking for the sake of the victims,” Mr. Ki-Moon said. “When we do, we will also decrease funding for terrorists — and make everyone safer.”
Mr. Ki-Moon, whose term as top U.N. official ended on the 31st of December, 2016, spoke the same day the Security Council unanimously approved its first-ever draft resolution on human trafficking in conflict situations. (See RENATE website, 6th January, 2017). The resolution seeks to strengthen the United Nation’s ability to counter the phenomenon and bolster the international community’s ability to respond to it.
Yuri Fedotov, executive director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, said the building blocks for fighting international human trafficking can be found in the United Nations’ Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocol on the practice, which was adopted by the General Assembly and went into effect in 2003.
He said trafficking victims have been detected in 106 different countries and territories worldwide. The good news, he said, is that 158 countries have criminalized most forms of the practice in line with the protocol.
To read the full story by Dave Bryan of the Associated Press on ABC News: Click Here
Adapted by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications.
E.Bulletin No. 7 December, 2016.
International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Trafficking in Persons, 8th February, 2017- St. Bakhita Day. ‘’They are just Children! Not Slaves.’’
On the 17th of November, 2016, to mark Universal Children’s Day (20th November), the organisations below, echoed pope Francis’ appeal ‘’…to adopt every possible measure to guarantee the protection and safety of child migrants.’’
The forthcoming International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Trafficking in Persons (8th February, 2017), will place a special emphasis on Trafficking in Children and Adolescents.
By way of preparation, Talitha Kum has shared the following information, which can be accessed by simultaneously pressing CTRL + CLICK here
Joy to you this Advent season,
Anne,
E.Bulletin No. 6, December, 2016.
Dear Colleagues,
1.Many of you will recall Helena Maleno Garzón, who presented at the 2nd RENATE assembly earlier this month in Rome.
Please find below a link to YouTube, where you can access Helena’s TED talk on human trafficking and borders, entitled ‘The Cry that Breaks down the Walls.’
‘’In 1989 the night of 10th November the, Europeans holding tools and hammers, knock down the 165 kilometres Wall of Shame. Europeans wanted to be free, away from a wall that confined them.
Today, 27 years later, Europeans have built 1,200 kilometres of walls, retaining walls to keep us locked inside. Boza is a cry born in the depth of human condition. Boza is a cry that asks for a world without walls, a world full of human beings.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZyP9fGpFkM
El grito que abate los muros | Helena Maleno | TEDxLeon
www.youtube.com
2.The RENATE Assembly Statement has been sent to His Holiness Pope Francis and is attached to this E-Bulletin, for your information. The Statement is also available on the RENATE website, renate-europe.net
3.Sr. Iva Kúšiková, ssps, has created a beautiful, short video-compilation of events at the 2nd RENATE Assembly. The video will be posted to the RENATE website in the coming days. No-one is named in the video, but if you do not wish your face to feature or be recognised in the video, please email me as a matter of urgency and we can arrange for the video to be limited to the Members’ area only, of the RENATE website.
With every good wish to you as we approach the season of Advent,
Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications.
Join us for Live Streaming of 2nd European Assembly of RENATE in Rome at 18.00, 6th Nov. 2016.
This educational resource has been prepared for secondary school teachers to assist you in educating and raising consciousness about the issue of human trafficking.
Developed as 4-step process for teaching about human trafficking: Introduction – Information – Recognition – Action, each step in the process is crucial and requires completion as students move through the learning cycle to a deepened understanding of the issue of modern day slavery and a commitment to action.
The resource has five aims:
To access the education resource click on the links below:
ACRATH-Education-Resource-Teacher-Background
ACRATH-Education-Resource-Step-1
ACRATH-Education-Resource-Step-2
ACRATH-Education-Resource-Step-3
ACRATH-Education-Resource-Step-4
Source of information: ACRATH
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