COATNET report on webinar ”Human Trafficking in Armed Conflicts and Post-Conflict Situations,” 27 March 2023.

Following the side event that took place Monday, March 27 at the Palais des Nations (Geneva) entitled Human Trafficking in Armed Conflicts and Post-conflict Situations, please find the report at the following link: https://community.caritas.org/intranet/documents/15969/64251

This side event was organized in conjunction with the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council.

Geneviève Colas, Secours Catholique – Caritas France and COATNET, moderated the event, and Michel Veuthey, Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to monitor and combat trafficking in persons, presented the opening remarks.

The following five themes were addressed and can be found in the above link to the event.

Global priorities to combat trafficking in human beings arising from armed conflict, Virginia Gamba de Potgieter, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Human Trafficking in the Context of Armed Conflict in Ukraine, Natalia Holynska, Manager of counter-trafficking projects, Caritas Ukraine and COATNET
Preventing human trafficking at the borders and in neighbouring countries, Codruta Fernea, president of Catholic Action Romania, Romania
Migrants and refugees in crisis within a crisis, Hessen Sayah, Head of Protection Department, Caritas Lebanon and COATNET, Lebanon
Children in armed conflicts, Mikiko Otani, Chair, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child