Conferenza Stampa a conclusione della Seconda Conferenza Internazionale "Combating Human Trafficking: Church and Law Enforcement in partnership" (Vaticano, Casina di Pio IV, 9-10 aprile 2014)
Alle ore 13.30, nell’Aula Giovanni Paolo II della Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, si è tenuta una conferenza stampa a conclusione della Seconda Conferenza Internazionale "Combating Human Trafficking: Church and Law Enforcement in partnership" (Vaticano, Casina di Pio IV, 9-10 aprile 2014), organizzata dalla Conferenza Episcopale di Inghilterra e Galles, cui hanno preso parte alti rappresentanti delle Forze dell’Ordine ed Autorità ecclesiastiche.
Sono intervenuti: l’Em.mo Card. Vincent Gerard Nichols, Arcivescovo di Westminster, Londra, e Presidente della Conferenza sul Traffico Umano; l’Em.mo Card. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Arcivescovo di Abuja (Nigeria); Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Metropolitan Commissioner in London; Suor Aurelia Agredano Pérez, Vice Generale della Congregazione delle Adoratrici Ancelle del Santissimo Sacramento e della Carità (Spagna) e altri Rappresentanti.
Pubblichiamo di seguito la Dichiarazione di impegno della Conferenza 2014 sul traffico e la schiavitù delle persone:
Declaration of commitment
Rome Human trafficking and slavery Conference 2014
On this date 10th April 2014 in the Vatican, senior law enforcement officials and representatives of the Catholic Church met to plan ways of together combating Human Trafficking and Slavery.
The Holy Father Pope Francis has endorsed this event and has stated:
"I exhort the international community to adopt an even more unanimous and effective strategy against human trafficking, so that in every part of the world, men and women may no longer be used as a means to an end, and that their inviolable dignity may always be respected."
As senior law enforcement officials within the international community, we commit to eradicate the scourge of this serious criminal activity, which abuses vulnerable people. This conference is part, of a process where we work together on the international stage to develop strategies in prevention, pastoral care and re-integration, placing the victim at the centre of all we do.
I make a personal commitment to developing partnerships with the Church and civil society to bring to justice those who are responsible for these horrendous crimes and to alleviate the suffering of the victims.
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