Welcome to COATNET
NEWS AND UPDATES
16/4/2013 - Trafficking in human beings: more victims in the EU but Member states are slow to respond. Read more...
4/4/2013 - Human trafficking: an issue that concerns the Pope, and focus of a women's meeting Read more...
EVENTS
8/2/2013 - Day of prayer for victims of human trafficking (feast of St.Bakhita). Download poster and bookmark
RESOURCES
Commitment on combating human trafficking
Advocacy paper
Narrative Report 2012
Statement to HRC 2010
Statement for SR report on prevention
From our affiliates:
Caritas Spain: Guide for Students “Awareness raising about trafficking for sexual exploitation
Sri Lanka: Child Policy
COATNET is a Christian network that combats human trafficking
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Each year, thousands of people are deceived and sold into slavery as forced labourers, prostitutes or beggars. COATNET—Christian Organisations Against Trafficking in Human Beings—is a network that links together many Christian groups which are fighting human trafficking. COATNET members work together across borders to:
- Raise public awareness about trafficking in human beings;
- Fight the root causes of vulnerability, such as poverty and lack of job alternatives;
- Advocate for migration and economic policies that reduce the vulnerability of people to trafficking;
- Advocate for better anti-trafficking laws that more effectively protect victims and punish traffickers;
- Cooperate with authorities, churches, and relevant civil society actors to challenge the phenomenon of human trafficking;
- Help trafficking survivors start a new life.
