Category: Faith-Based Org (FBOs)

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  More than 500 suspected slaves locked up by Britain last year

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  The Republic of China (Taiwan) sponsored the International Conference focusing on the Pastoral Orientations on Human Trafficking to effectively answer Pope Francis’ call on February 10, when the Holy Father invited governments “to join forces to overcome this challenge

  Special news
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  Bulgarie : le marché aux épouses Roms | ARTE

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  U.S. Department of State Human Trafficking Heroes 2019 & Trafficking in Persons Report JUNE 2019

  Best practices, Data
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  U.S. Department of State HT Heroes 2019: Soeur Bottani récompensée pour son combat contre la traite / Sister Bottani rewarded for her fight against trafficking

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs)
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  Zimbabwe conference pledges to fight human trafficking

  Special news
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  Colloque du Mardi 8 octobre 2019 – Programme provisoire – Comment mieux lutter, ensemble, contre la traite des femmes d’Afrique de l’Ouest à des fins d’exploitation sexuelle ? / ORDRE Malte France – PARIS / How to better fight, together, the sexual trafficking of women in West Africa?

  Events
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  Synod for the Amazon: ‘Instrumentum Laboris’ released – Life in the Amazon is threatened by environmental destruction and exploitation, by the systematic violation of the fundamental human rights of the Amazon population

  Holy See
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  SWEDEN – Elise Lindqvist / The Mother Teresa of the Prostitutes

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Women
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  The Future of Work, Labour After Laudato Sì

  Holy See
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  ENGLAND – CARITAS BAKHITA HOUSE IN LONDON

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Women
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  Women who were trafficked find relief at London’s Bakhita House

  Special news
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  SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH COURSE (year 2019) at the Istituto Maria SS. Bambina in Rome – Course of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation

  Best practices, Ecology, Economy
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  Doctor Bernhard Egger: An ethical measure to prevent medicine developing to a pure business – FORUM ENGELBERG – Geneva 25th June 2019

  Best practices, Bioethics, Economy, Guidelines and Handbooks, Organ trade, Supply Chain, Surrogacy, Technology, Video reports
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  Michel Veuthey : Comment combattre la traite des êtres humains ? The Fight to end Slavery – FORUM ENGELBERG – Geneva 24th and 25th June 2019

  Events
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  IOM – Trafficking in Persons Commission Launches First Training Manual to Combat Human Trafficking in Afghanistan

  Best practices, Guidelines and Handbooks
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  Watch: The Hidden Epidemic of Sex Trafficking in the U.S

  Best practices, Women
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  New York TIMES – She Survived Sex Trafficking. Now She Wants to Show Other Women a Way Out

  Special news
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  Le Figaro – Cambodge: 11 mères porteuses, accusées de trafic d’êtres humains, libérées sous caution

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  UNICEF – GUIDELINES ON THE PROTECTION OF CHILD VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

  Best practices, Children, Guidelines and Handbooks
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  UNODC – Global Report on Trafficking in Persons − in the context of armed conflict 2018

  Best practices, Data
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  US Shelter in Seatle – YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish works to increase housing equity for women facing the greatest racial disparities

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs), Women
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  US CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO – Rebuilding lives

  Best practices, Women
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  US CALIFORNIA ORANGE CONTY – SAFE HOMES OF ORANGE CONTY

  Best practices, Children, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  US CALIFORNIA ORANGE CONTY – ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION

  Best practices, Children, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  GLOBAL MODERN SLAVERY DIRECTORY – LIST OF HT ORGANIZATIONS IN US

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs), Data
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  US NORTH CAROLINA -Greenville, NC 27836 – Anchor House – The country’s First Shelter for Sex-Trafficked Boys

  Best practices, Children, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  US State of Illinois – NATIONAL SURVEY Of RESIdENTIAL PROGRAMS fOR VICTIMS Of SEX TRAffICKING

  Best practices, Data
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  US – Human Trafficking Trends in the United States NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE CENTER 2007–2012

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs), Data
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  US / Polaris Project – LOCATION OF SHELTER BEDS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS / 1644 total shelter beds were available to human trafficking survivors in 2012

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs), Data
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  US HAWAÏ – An Anti Trafficking, Awareness and Prevention Campaign developed by the USCCB, Amistad Honolulu is a ministry of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs)
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  US – THE COUNSELING CENTER HAWAII – THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAÏ

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs)
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  US CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara County – SBACT coordinates the SB Coalition for Freedom, a partnership between non-profits, government agencies, faith communities, and community members involved with fighting issues of local exploitation.

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  US COLORADO – Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance (COVA) is committed to fairness and healing for crime victims, their families and communities through leadership, education, and advocacy.

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  US SHELTER IN ARIZONA – We provide safe housing to 48 young women (plus up to 12 babies) and 12 young male survivors in luxury suite apartments that we call the Dream Rooms.

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs)
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  USA – LIST OF Support Trafficking Survivor Organizations Where You Live

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  USA – THORN – Thorn builds technology to defend children from sexual abuse. In partnership with tech companies, government and NGOs we aim to accelerate victim identification, disrupt platforms, and change behavior.

  Best practices, Children, Civil Society Org (CSOs), Technology
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  HAWAÏ – UNITE helps teachers, students, and school staff prevent exploitation by building healthy relationships and learning communities.

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  HAWAÏ – Hoʻōla Nā Pua provides services free of charge at no cost to victims,families and the community. It’s a tremendously difficult road, but when combined with other generous donors, your gift allows us to prevent child sexual exploitation and provide a new beginning for keiki who have been sexually exploited in Hawaiʻi

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs), Women
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  USA TODAY – Death by organ donation: Euthanizing patients for their organs gains frightening traction

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  Doctors are Increasingly Euthanizing Patients to Harvest Their Organs

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  Pope Francis: Capitalism must consider impact on humanity, environment

  Holy See
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  US CALIFORNIA – JOURNEY OUT – According to the FBI, Los Angeles is among the top 3 child prostitution areas in the United States. Journey Out is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit leading the fight for the freedom and survival of all those whose lives have been destroyed by sex trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation.

  Best practices, Children
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  US CALIFORNIA – CASA DE LA FAMILIA – COUNSELING ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR FAMILIES

  Best practices, Guidelines and Handbooks
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  US CALIFORNIA – SAVING INNOCENCE – Saving Innocence provides escape from trafficking for child victims of sex trafficking 24 hours a day – 7 days a week. Using a highly relational and collaborative approach, we give children on-the-ground help exclusively in the U.S. by utilizing strategic partnerships with law enforcement, social service providers and schools, while mobilizing communities to prevent abuse and increase neighborhood safety.

  Best practices, Children
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  US CALIFORNIA SHELTER – “CHILDREN OF THE IMMACULATE HEART” – Our Mission is to serve survivors of human trafficking and open the door to their restoration in Jesus Christ. We currently have a housing and rehabilitation program for adult women who are survivors of trafficking and have children. We are also in the process of opening a residential treatment facility for minors who are survivors of human trafficking.

  Best practices, Children, Faith-Based Org (FBOs)
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  US – Catholic Sisters work against human trafficking

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs)
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  SHELTER IN US CALIFORNIA – Covenant House California (CHC) is a non-profit youth homeless shelter that provides sanctuary and support for homeless and trafficked youth, ages 18-24. We believe that no young person deserves to be homeless; that every young person in California deserves shelter, food, clothing, education … and most importantly, to be loved

  Best practices, Children, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  Catholic Relief Services – 7 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND 3 WAYS TO HELP

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  US – THE GOOD SHEPHERD SHELTER – THE FIRST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER IN LOS ANGELES

  Best practices, Children, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Women
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  LOYOLA UNIVERSITY – This study provides a detailed account of labor and sexual exploitation experienced by homeless youth in Covenant House’s care in ten cities

  Best practices, Children, Civil Society Org (CSOs), Data
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  US CALIFORNIA – The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has partnered with local law enforcement to raise awareness about the evil of human trafficking and provide practical resources for victim assistance

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs)
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  US CALIFORNIA – Bishop Gerald Barnes of San Bernardino has called human trafficking “a horrific crime against the basic dignity and rights of the human person and all efforts must be expended to end it.”

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  US – CALIFORNIA: CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE BAY – Claire’s House is not an alternative to jail, not an emergency shelter, not a drop-off site, and not a crisis center. It’s a home.

  Best practices, Children, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Women
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  CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE – Battling Sex Trafficking: Catholics Raise Awareness and Bring Support to Victims

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  CNA – Catholic Charities defends serving teen trafficking victims without abortion

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  Shelter in US / California – Redeeming Love provides a safe and nurturing residential program for young women seeking rehabilitation from domestic sex trafficking

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Women
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  Shelter in US / Louisiana – METANOIA – Father Jeffery BAYHI – Adolescent Human Trafficking is a major criminal activity in Louisiana

  Best practices, Children, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Video reports, Women
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  ECPAT is a worldwide network of organizations working to end the sexual exploitation of children. ECPAT has 109 members worldwide in 96 countries.

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  HOLY SEE / PRESENTATIONS MATERIALS – CONFERENCE ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – ROME, 8-12 APRIL 2019

  Holy See
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  Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd Position Papers Migration / Economic Justice / Girl Child Trafficking / Prostitution / Integral Ecology – ROME, 8-12 APRIL 2019 – CONFERENCE ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

  Best practices, Children, Ecology, Economy, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Health, Women
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  Centre for international governance Innovation – A CALL TO ACTION

  Best practices, Guidelines and Handbooks
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  UNITED NATIONS TRUST FUND FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING – PROJECT MAP OF THE THIRD GRANT CYCLE (2018-2020)

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs), Women
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  THOMSON REUTERS – Training course for journalists held in Kolkata as India strives to crack down on bonded labour and trafficking

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  THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION: It’s time to unbox the truth about modern slavery and to look at the human price of the items that we buy

  Best practices, Media, Supply Chain
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  Galileo Foundation – OUR VISION: To work towards a world where the freedom and dignity of every human being is valued and protected. To strive for a society where ‘no-one is left behind’ or deprived through poverty. To eliminate modern slavery and human trafficking in all its forms, and support those who work tirelessly against it

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs)
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  The Galileo Foundation is promoting Pope Francis’ aim of ending human trafficking and modern slavery, according to its president and philanthropist members

  Holy See
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  The first “Ethical Boat” – a sailboat confiscated by human traffickers and entrusted to a non-profit organization – sets sail on a journey of renewed hope and inclusion

  Special news
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  Card Nichols: Church a global network for good against trafficking

  Holy See
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  Audio – Pope Francis’ introduction the the 11.04.2019 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING

  Holy See
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  Pope: human trafficking a crime of the “commercialization of the other” – Pope Francis on April 11 addressed participants in a Vatican conference that examined the implementation of the Pastoral Orientations on Human Trafficking

  Holy See
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  ICMC’S Mons. Vitillo: Trafficking needs to be talked about more

  Holy See
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  Meditations for Good Friday Via Crucis at the Colosseum: The victims of trafficking – Sr Eugenia Bonetti presents her meditations for the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum

  Holy See
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  HOLY SEE VIDEO – PASTORAL ORIENTATIONS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING – ORIENTATIONS PASTORALES SUR LA TRAITE DES PERSONNES – ORIENTACIONES PASTORALES SOBRE LA TRATA DE PERSONAS

  Holy See
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  THOMSON REUTERS – Pope’s Good Friday service focuses on sex trafficked girls

  Holy See
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  Les abus sexuels sur mineurs, un phénomène mondial d’une ampleur sous-estimée

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  Témoignages : survivre à la traite

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  Good Friday: Jesus calls us to be Good Samaritans to restore human dignity – Une “Via Crucis” au Colisée dédiée aux nouveaux crucifiés d’aujourd’hui

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  The Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) is the first global data hub on human trafficking, with data contributed by organizations from around the world

  Best practices, Data
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  THE WAY OF THE CROSS LED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS COLOSSEUM ROME, 19 APRIL 2019 – MEDITATIONS by Sister Eugenia Bonetti (Engaged against human trafficking)

  Holy See
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  NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE QATAR – International Conference on National, regional and international mechanisms to combat impunity and ensure accountability under international law Doha — Qatar 14-15 April 2019

  Events
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  STRENGTHENING GLOBAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT ORGAN TRAFFICKING AND TRANSPLANT TOURISM: IMPLICATIONS OF THE 2018 EDITION OF THE DECLARATION OF ISTANBUL

  Legal, Organ trade
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  VIDEO – Nancy L. Ascher: “The Responsibility of Government to Combat Organ Trafficking”

  Best practices, Organ trade, Video reports
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  BOOK – BERKELEY UNIVERSITY – Commodifying Bodies / Nancy L. Ascher, President of The Transplantation Society (TTS), USA

  Best practices, Books, Organ trade
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  ILO – Forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking

  Best practices, Legal
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  ILO – Ireland joins efforts to combat forced labour

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  CNN – How modern slavery is destroying the environment!

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  The Antislavery Ecosystem – We are demonstrating the tight connection between ending slavery and reducing environmental destruction!

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs), Ecology, Economy
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  Verbände: Sexkauf verbieten !

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  «Sexkaufverbot»: Strafen für Freier statt für Prostituierte

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  APRIL 2-5 / 2019 – MAINZ PROSTITUTION:NEITHER SEX NOR WORK! 3rd WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS

  Best practices, Women
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  The 4th World Conference of Women’s Shelters

  Best practices, Women
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  Vatican Publishes 500-Page Collection of Pope’s Words on Immigration

  Holy See
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  VATICAN / Conférence sur la traite des personnes, Rome, 8-12 avril 2019 – Conference on Trafficking in Persons, Rome, 8-12 April 2019

  Events
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  Pope invites Sr Eugenia Bonetti, a catholic leader against human trafficking, to prepare texts for Via Crucis during the Holy Week 2019

  Holy See
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  Christ is alive: Synthesis of the Apostolic Exhortation

  Holy See
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  CATHOLIC PEACEBUILDING NETWORK – Catholic Approaches to Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Processes Guidelines for Reflection and Planning

  Best practices, Guidelines and Handbooks, Legal
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  USAID – STRENGTHENING REFERRAL PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AFFECTED BY SEXUAL VIOLENCE – GUIDELINES

  Best practices, Children, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  Catholic Herald – “As a bishop, it is my duty to warn the West”: An interview with Cardinal Sarah

  Holy See
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  “Mass migration is ‘a new form of slavery’”, says Catholic cardinal Sarah “and the Bible shouldn’t be used to promote it !”

  Holy See
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  “L’Eglise est plongée dans l’obscurité du Vendredi saint” – Par Laurent Dandrieu / Cardinal Sarah: “The Church is plunged into the darkness of Good Friday”

  Holy See
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  ENDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING – The Sydney Framework: Supply Chains and Sustainable Development Goal 8.7

  Best practices, Supply Chain
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  MISSION 89: IT IS TIME IN EUROPE TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN SPORTS !

  Best practices, Children, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  Contextualisation of the child trafficking in Football

  Best practices, Children, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA – COURSE ON Catholic Social Doctrine for Professionals

  Academia, Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Training
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  Kinder machen Ein Film von Barbara Burger Schweiz 2017, 82 min – Faire des enfants Un film de Barbara BurgerSuisse 2017 – Make children A film by Barbara BurgerSwitzerland 2017

  Best practices, Bioethics, Children, Health, Legal, Surrogacy, Technology, Video reports, Women
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  THE GUARDIAN – Revealed: Vietnamese children vanish from Dutch shelters to be trafficked into Britain

  Special news
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  ECPAT UK is a leading children’s rights organisation working to protect children from trafficking and transnational exploitation

  Best practices, Children, Civil Society Org (CSOs)
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  OM Récollection à Viège 31 mars 2018 – Fin de vie : défis actuels pour la Suisse

  Events
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  New York Times – Fighting Sex Trafficking at the Truck Stop

  Special news
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  HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH – “Give Us a Baby and We’ll Let You Go” Trafficking of Kachin “Brides” from Myanmar to China

  Special news
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  HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH – WORLD REPORT 2019 / “In some ways this is a dark time for human rights”

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs), Data
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  NIGERIA – Bakhita centre for female victims of trafficking inaugurated in Lagos on 26th March 2019

  Events
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  Stanford University / Prof. Katherine Jolluck – Video – How does human trafficking affect the food we eat ?

  Academia, Best practices, Supply Chain, Video reports
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  Stanford University’s WSD HANDA Center for Human Rights and International Justice: priorities and best practices in the anti-trafficking movement – Video

  Academia, Best practices, Video reports
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  BBC NEWS – Human embryo smuggling: Malaysian arrested at India airport

  Special news
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  Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher’s statement to the Human Rights Council in Geneva: human rights essential for peaceful societies

  Holy See
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  En février, le Pape prie pour les victimes de la traite humaine – In February, the Pope prays for the victims of human trafficking

  Holy See
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  THE CARITAS IN VERITATE FOUNDATION WORKING PAPERS – Rethinking Labour

  Best practices, Ecology, Economy, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Guidelines and Handbooks
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  THE CARITAS IN VERITATE FOUNDATION WORKING PAPERS – Death and Dignity: New Forms of Euthanasia

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Guidelines and Handbooks, Health
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  THE CARITAS IN VERITATE FOUNDATION WORKING PAPERS – Patents on Genetic Resources ?

  Best practices, Economy, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Health
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  ILO – Convergences: decent work and social justice in religious traditions – A handbook / Convergences : travail décent et justice sociale dans les traditions religieuses / Convergencias: el trabajo decente y la justicia social en las tradiciones religiosas

  Best practices, Civil Society Org (CSOs), Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Guidelines and Handbooks
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  Pope: Duty of Christians to raise awareness of Human Trafficking

  Holy See
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  Church on the frontlines in fight against human trafficking

  Holy See
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  Pope urges action against ‘plague’ of human trafficking – ‘We all can and must collaborate by denouncing the cases of exploitation and slavery of men, women and children.’

  Holy See
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  Cardinal says ‘evil’ of trafficking must be confronted – More than 40 million people are currently trafficked and held in modern slavery

  Holy See
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  SUMMARY – Publication of Pastoral Orientations on Human Trafficking (Holy See) / RÉSUMÉ – Publication des Orientations pastorales sur la traite des personnes (Saint-Siège)

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Guidelines and Handbooks
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  ONTARIO – OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL – ENGLISH / FRENCH ONLINE TRAINING INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS HUMAN TRAFFICKING: free online course

  Best practices, Training
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  LIBRARY OF CONGRESS / Training Related to Combating Human Trafficking: Ukraine

  Best practices, Training
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  University of Nottingham – Kevin Bales – Online course / Free – 4 weeks – 5 hours a week / Ending Slavery: Strategies for Contemporary Global Abolition

  Best practices, Training
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  Stanford University: free Human Trafficking online course

  Training
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  COUNCIL OF EUROPE: free online Human Trafficking course

  Training
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  BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA – Human Trafficking ONLINE Course Module

  Best practices, Training
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  ANNUAL REPORT 2019 – SOVEREIGN MILITARY HOSPITALLER ORDER OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM OF RHODES AND OF MALTA

  Events
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  INVITATION MESSE, VENDREDI 8 FEVRIER 2019 A 19:00 – EGLISE DE STE-CLAIRE GENEVE – JOURNEE MONDIALE DE PRIERES CONTRE LA TRAITE DES ÊTRES HUMAINS

  Events
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  USA – BLUE CAMPAIGN – Faith-Based & Community TOOLKIT

  Best practices, Faith-Based Org (FBOs), Guidelines and Handbooks
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  USA – BLUE CAMPAIGN – TRANSPORTATION TOOLKIT

  Best practices, Guidelines and Handbooks
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  USA – BLUE CAMPAIGN – HOSPITALITY TOOLKIT

  Best practices, Economy, HT & Migration
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  USA – BLUE CAMPAIGN – College & University TOOLKIT

  Academia, Best practices, Guidelines and Handbooks