{"id":19135,"date":"2012-05-21T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=19135"},"modified":"2012-05-20T08:19:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T07:19:03","slug":"contemporary-slavery-understanding-the-new-face-to-an-old-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2012\/05\/contemporary-slavery-understanding-the-new-face-to-an-old-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Slavery: Understanding the New Face to an Old Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 27 June 2012, Metin Kazak MEP will open a conference in the European Parliament organised in conjunction with UNPO examining the current extent and forms of slavery across the world.\u00a0 Discussing cases from the Haratin in Mauritania to the human trafficking that afflicts Europe, the conference will raise awareness of contemporary slavery and, in bringing together policy makers and experts, posit possible solutions to the mitigation and halting of the practice<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Slavery has long been considered a relic of centuries past, from plantation workers to the forced labour camps of totalitarian regimes.\u00a0 But today slavery has taken on a myriad forms, some more visible than others, but in all cases representing the deprivation of fundamental human rights to individuals that constitute communities marginalized by prejudice, ignorance or social stigma.<\/p>\n

In countries such as Mauritania domestic servitude continues amid a culture of state acceptance and a civil society constrained by lack of resources.\u00a0 In South East Asia refugees from conflict and repression find themselves trapped in camps without papers and access to legal work.\u00a0 Meanwhile, and amid Europe\u2019s financial crisis, the desperate and the opportunistic are fuelling a trade in human trafficking, exploitation of minors, and prostitution rings.<\/p>\n

Against such as backdrop there is a need to inform, assess and analyse current policy responses to the challenges of contemporary slavery.\u00a0 In this effort,\u00a0Metin Kazak MEP<\/strong>, will convene the conference\u00a0\u201cContemporary Slavery: Understanding the New Face to an Old Evil\u201d<\/strong> in the\u00a0European Parliament, Brussels on 27 June 2012 from 09.00-12.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kazak<\/strong> commented that \u201cthe conference will bring together activists with personal experience of slavery, those campaigning against it, and the actors within the European institutions working to combat it\u2026from these I want to raise awareness amongst my colleagues and bring together those who can make real and substantial change to combat\u00a0 slavery \u2013 a problem that runs through Bulgaria and the world\u201d<\/p>\n

Marino Busdachin<\/strong>, General Secretary of the UNPO, speaking in support of Mr. Kazak\u2019s initiative noted that \u201cthe scourge of slavery is as diverse and chameleon-like as the spirit of the human mind but new technologies are making it harder to hide\u2026however responses need to be informed and coordinated, we believe this conference will be a concerted step in that direction\u201d<\/p>\n

To attend, please send full name, nationality, date of birth, place of residence and organization to m.vanwalleghem@unpo.org<\/strong><\/a> or call +32 251 314 59.<\/em><\/p>\n

For media queries please contact: Andrew Swan | +32 472 577 518 | aswan@unpo.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

09.00-12.00 – 27 June 2012 <\/em>
\nRoom P5B001 – Paul-Henri Spaak Building, European Parliament <\/em>
\n60 Rue Wiertz, Brussels, Belgium<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 unoy.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 27 June 2012, Metin Kazak MEP will open a conference in the European Parliament organised in conjunction with UNPO examining the current extent and forms of slavery across the world. Discussing cases from the Haratin in Mauritania to the human trafficking that afflicts Europe, the conference will raise awareness of contemporary slavery and, in bringing together policy makers and experts, posit possible solutions to the mitigation and halting of the practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}