In addition, there are many services in place to identify and liberate victims of trafficking, as well as regularize their situation and put them on the path to rehabilitation and recovery. He noted that many of the social, economic, cultural and political factors that make people vulnerable to human trafficking have been identified and comprehensive policies and programs to address them have been formulated. In spite of the concerning situation and the challenges, Archbishop Caccia acknowledges the significant progress that has been made in a number of crucial areas in the fight against human trafficking. The archbishop noted that they account for one-third of trafficking victims detected, especially in the poorest countries where trafficking is linked to the broader problem of child labour.įurthermore, school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic have added millions of children to the ranks of those vulnerable to trafficking. To combat this scourge, he recommends eradicating practices such as pornography and prostitution that “dehumanize women and girls and reduce their bodies to mere objects of gratification” adding that numerous studies have shown that “pornography and prostitution contribute to trafficking.” Children victims of traffickingĬhildren, especially those from households and those without parental care are also not spared by traffickers. They are “trafficked, sold, coerced or subjected to conditions of slavery in various forms and in various sectors, particularly sex trafficking.” The vast majority of victims of trafficking are women and girls, the Archbishop said. Women and girls disproportionately affected
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Covid-19Īrchbishop Caccia said that the Covid-19 pandemic has made the fight against human trafficking more complex as “it has made victims more isolated and less visible” while its socio-economic consequences have “exacerbated the vulnerability of those most at risk of being trafficked, including the many millions of women and men who have lost their jobs and have been left without social support.”
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He noted that despite the increasing number of states that have developed national data collection systems on trafficking in persons in the past decades, world data is still limited and that weakens more effective international action. Speaking on Tuesday at the High-Level Meeting on the Appraisal of the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations called for international cooperation and data collection on human trafficking in order to evaluate the progress made and the remaining gaps on the objectives that underpin it.