Summit of African Women Judges on Human Trafficking & Organized Crime
Vatican City, December 13th, 2019
Vatican City, December 13th, 2019 - The Summit of African Women Judges and Prosecutors on Human Trafficking and Organized Crime convened a group of 50 women leaders engaged in the critical legal fight against human trafficking and organized crime across the African continent. The summit, a continuation of previous meetings in 2017 and 2018, met to propose strategies to enforce and accelerate the impact of their work. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences hosted the two-day summit with support from the Blue Chip Foundation. Pope Francis addressed the assembled legal practitioners with remarks that denounced human trafficking as “the worst form of human exclusion,” and “evidence of the globalization of indifference.” Participants identified key challenges that undermined their work, shared best practices for prosecuting and convicting traffickers, and strategized with religious leaders, philanthropists, and academics to build strong legal frameworks for combatting the scourge of human trafficking.
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Blue Chip Foundation focuses on alleviating extreme poverty through economic, educational, and social enterprise initiatives in support of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Blue Chip Foundation focuses on alleviating extreme poverty through economic, educational, and social enterprise initiatives in support of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
