Online Conference:
Best Practices
to
Combat Trafficking:
Trafficking
in Disaster Zones
special keynote address by
Ambassador Luis CdeBaca
Office to Monitor and
Combat Trafficking in Persons,
U.S. State Department
featuring
Marisa Ferri
Program Officer, Office to
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons,
U.S. State Department,
Jean-Robert Cadet
Author of Restavec and
International Child Advocate,
Susan Martin, Ph.D
Donald G. Herzberg Chair in
International Migration and Director,
Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
and moderated by
Karen McLaughlin
Director of Public Policy,
International Organization for Victim Assistance (IOVA)
Co-sponsonsored with:
the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. State Department
and
the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
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In the light of the recent earthquake in Haiti, human trafficking has risen to the forefront of global news reports as well as in public policy discourse. Over the course of the last decade, natural disasters have occurred in varying size and scope leaving many populations increasingly vulnerable to traffickers. Disasters create catastrophic circumstances of chaos, disorganization, and destruction for predatory opportunists to capitalize on these cataclysmic situations.
What can be done to prevent human trafficking of vulnerable populations during a disaster? This online conference will focus on the best practices to combat trafficking in the wake of natural disasters or other events involving mass casualties. Ambassador Luis CdeBaca of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. State Department, will keynote this special discussion.
The discussion, moderated by Karen McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy, International Organization for Victim Assistance (IOVA), will also feature:
Marisa Ferri, Program Officer, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. State Department,
Jean-Robert Cadet, Author of Restavec and International Child Advocate,
Susan Martin, Ph.D., Donald G. Herzberg Chair in International Migration and Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University.
More information can be found on the conference registration page.
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