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The Human Trafficking Studies Center — International Studies at the University of Warsaw

The Human Trafficking Studies Center — International Studies at the University of Warsaw

The Human Traf­fick­ing Stud­ies Cen­ter is a research and edu­ca­tion­al insti­tu­tion oper­at­ing with­in the Fac­ul­ty of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence and Inter­na­tion­al Stud­ies at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Warsaw.

The aim of the Cen­ter is to meet the social needs of an inde­pen­dent aca­d­e­m­ic cen­ter deal­ing with all forms of sci­en­tif­ic, train­ing, didac­tic, and infor­ma­tion activ­i­ty relat­ed to mod­ern forms of slav­ery. The cen­ter orga­nizes debates and sem­i­nars on human traf­fick­ing, includ­ing issues such as: the def­i­n­i­tion, the issue of human organ traf­fick­ing, and the lack of vic­tims’ crim­i­nal records. The work of the Cen­tre often results in pub­li­ca­tions on spe­cif­ic issues.

The estab­lish­ment of the Cen­ter was close­ly relat­ed to the imple­men­ta­tion of the project Traf­fick­ing in human beings – pre­ven­tion and pros­e­cu­tion by the Depart­ment of Crim­i­nol­o­gy and Crim­i­nal Pol­i­cy of IPSiR UW. It includ­ed research, train­ing for law enforce­ment offi­cers, inter­na­tion­al con­fer­ences, sem­i­nars, and work­shops. The result of the project was, among oth­ers, the first monograph/textbook on traf­fick­ing in human beings in Poland, pub­lished in June 2006, as well as a num­ber of oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. Undoubt­ed­ly, a pos­i­tive effect of the project imple­men­ta­tion was the estab­lish­ment of a group of peo­ple inter­est­ed in the issues of traf­fick­ing in human beings. Due to the fact that this inter­est turned out to be per­ma­nent, and the prob­lem of traf­fick­ing in human beings did not stop being rel­e­vant, it became nat­ur­al to cre­ate a forum for an activ­i­ty for these peo­ple. Thanks to this, in 2006, the Human Traf­fick­ing Research Cen­ter of the Uni­ver­si­ty of War­saw was estab­lished (at that time oper­at­ing with­in the Depart­ment of Crim­i­nol­o­gy and Crim­i­nal Pol­i­cy of the IPSiR UW). The Cen­ter is the only research insti­tu­tion of this type in Poland and one of the few in the world.

The Center’s Team coop­er­ates with numer­ous nation­al insti­tu­tions (Min­istry of the Inte­ri­or and Admin­is­tra­tion, Police Head­quar­ters, Bor­der Guard Head­quar­ters, the Nation­al Prosecutor’s Office) and inter­na­tion­al insti­tu­tions (Euro­pean Union, the Coun­cil of Europe, EUROPOL, OSCE, Inter­na­tion­al Labour Orga­ni­za­tion, Inter­na­tion­al Orga­ni­za­tion for Migra­tion). Thanks to the mul­ti­an­nu­al coop­er­a­tion with the US Embassy in Poland, the cen­ter has estab­lished con­tacts with numer­ous uni­ver­si­ties, insti­tu­tions, and non-gov­ern­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions involved in both research and elim­i­na­tion of traf­fick­ing in human beings in the USA.

A sig­nif­i­cant achieve­ment of the Cen­ter was the cre­ation of post­grad­u­ate stud­ies: Crim­i­no­log­i­cal, vic­ti­mo­log­i­cal, and socio-cul­tur­al aspects of migra­tion and human traf­fick­ing for offi­cers of the oper­a­tional and inves­tiga­tive divi­sion of the Bor­der Guard. These stud­ies were car­ried out in 2015–2016.

OUR MISSION:

THE PURPOSE IS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND PROMOTE ACTIONS AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU GUIDES AND RESEARCH ON TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS FROM THE MOST RECOGNISED LEGAL AND OPERATIONAL ACTORS.

ADLAUDATOSI INTEGRAL ECOLOGY FORUM WEBINARS (WATCH THE REPLAY FOR PAST WEBINARS)

ADLAUDATOSI WEBINARS — LISTEN TO A SELECTION OF SPEAKERS’INTERVENTION IN MP3 (FOR LOW INTERNET DATA CONNEXION)

FABRICE HADJADJ — VIRTUAL AND REAL WORLDS: HOW TO INHABIT THE DEVASTATED EARTH?

AN EXAMPLE FOR CATHOLIC ENTITIES TO FOLLOW: ERADICATE MODERN SLAVERY IN ALL ITS FORMS FROM THE OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAINS OF CATHOLIC ENTITIES IN AUSTRALIA — PROPOSAL OF ACTION PLAN – MODERN SLAVERY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FROM 2021 TO 30 JUNE 2023

Adlaudatosi Webinars Videos VIMEO

Videos of the speakers’ interventions adlaudatosi VIMEO

Adlaudatosi Webinars Videos YOUTUBE

Religious Helping Trafficking Victims along the Road of Recovery (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

Religious Working In International Advocacy Against Human Trafficking (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

Impact Of Human Trafficking On Health: Trauma (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

Impact Of Human Trafficking On Health: Healing (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

International Prosecution Of Human Trafficking — Where Are We Now? (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

International Prosecution Of Human Trafficking — What can be done? (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

International Prosecution Of Human Trafficking — Best Practices (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

Demand As Root Cause For Human Trafficking – Sex Trafficking & Prostitution

Human Trafficking — Interview with Prof. Michel Veuthey, Order of Malta — 44th UN Human Right Council 2020

POPE’S PAYER INTENTION FOR FEBRUARY 2020: Hear the cries of migrants victims of human trafficking

FRANCE — BLOG DU COLLECTIF “CONTRE LA TRAITE DES ÊTRES HUMAINS”

Church on the frontlines in fight against human trafficking

Holy See — PUBLICATION OF PASTORAL ORIENTATIONS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING 2019

RIGHT TO LIFE AND HUMAN DIGNITY GUIDEBOOK

Catholic social teaching

Doctrine sociale de l’Église catholique

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