POPE FRANCIS

February 7, 2018  Pope Francis appeals for joint action against human trafficking during General Audience 

July 30, 2017 (World Day against Trafficking in Persons)  Message during Angelus

April 3, 2017 Message of Pope Francis read by Fr. Michael Czerny SJ at the 17th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons conference on Trafficking in Children and the Best Interests of the Child, Vienna

November 7, 2016  Pope Francis address to RENATE: Religious in Europe Networking against trafficking and exploitation

June 3, 2016   Statement by his Holiness Pope Francis to the Judges’ Summit on Human Trafficking and Organised Crime

April 18, 2015  ADDRESS OF POPE FRANCIS TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

January 1, 2015  MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD DAY OF PEACE:  NO LONGER SLAVES, BUT BROTHERS AND SISTERS

December 2, 2014  ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE SIGNING OF THE FAITH LEADERS’ UNIVERSAL DECLARATION AGAINST SLAVERY

April 10, 2014  ADDRESS OF POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

December 12, 2013  ADDRESS OF POPE FRANCIS TO THE NEW AMBASSADORS ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LETTERS OF CREDENCE

March 31, 2013, Easter Sunday  URBI ET ORBI MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS

ST JOHN PAUL II 

May 15, 2002  LETTER TO ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SLAVERY – THE HUMAN RIGHTS DIMENSION TO TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS” 

OTHER DOCUMENTS

July 13, 2016  Elimination The Trafficking Of Children And Youth. Remarks of Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations

September 13, 2013  24th ORDINARY SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON MODERN FORMS OF SLAVERY. ADDRESS OF ARCHBISHOP SILVANO M. TOMASI, PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE HOLY SEE TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES: Practical steps in the fight against modern slavery

March 7, 2013  22nd ORDINARY SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON THE SCOURGE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. STATEMENT BY ARCHBISHOP SILVANO M. TOMASI, PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE HOLY SEE TO THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN GENEVA

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April 21 to 27, 2015:  Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Plenary Session on ‘Human Trafficking: Issues beyond Criminalization’ – Final Recommendations

April 28,2015:  Declaration of Religious Leaders, Political Leaders, Business Leaders, Scientists and Development Practitioners

February 8, 2015: First International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking

December 2, 2014:  Joint Declaration of Religious Leaders Against Modern Slavery

November 2013:  The Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences and the Federation Internationale des Associations de Medecins Catholiques – Statement on Trafficking in Human Beings