Inter-American Seminar un Human Trafficking Strategic Coordination between Governments and Civil Society For the Comprehensive Protection of Victims

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1 Inter-American Seminar un Human Trafficking Strategic Coordination between Governments and Civil Society For the Comprehensive Protection of Victims of Trafficking in Persons Lima, Peru September 11 and 12, 2013

2 Inter-American Seminar un Human Trafficking Strategic Coordination between Governments and Civil Society For the Comprehensive Protection of Victims of Trafficking in Persons Lima (Peru) September 11 and 12, 2013 AGENDA September 11, :00 9:00 Registration 9:00 9:30 Opening Remarks 9:30 10:00 Coffee Break Ms. Eda Rivas Franchini, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru (TBC) Mr. Fernando Garcia-Robles, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Coordinator, Department of Public Security, Organization of American States. 10:00 10:45 10:45 11:15 11:15 12:15 Trafficking in Persons in the Americas: Beyond Commercial Sexual Exploitation Mr. Fernando García-Robles, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Coordinator, OAS Department of Public Security, Washington, D.C. Objective: To raise awareness about other forms of exploitation also considered as trafficking in persons. From commercial sexual exploitation to forced labor as trafficking in persons Labor Exploitation in the Americas: Domestic, Sub-Regional, and Inter-Regional Trafficking in Persons Ms. María José Chamorro, Gender Specialist International Labor Organization (ILO), Costa Rica Objective: To understand that trafficking in persons as labor exploitation exists in the Americas, and that there are sub-regional and regional initiatives for the prevention and protection of victims. Conducive Factors to Trafficking in Persons: From Economic Discrimination, Physical Intimidation, to Exploitation. Empowerment of Victims of Trafficking in Persons in the Mining Industry Ms. Simona Broomes, President of the Guyana Women Miners Organization, Guyana Objective: To determine social and economic contributing factors in the promotion of vulnerabilities that affect potential victims of trafficking in persons. Address the importance for governments and civil society to establish victims empowerment mechanisms. Case study, trafficking in persons in the mining industry in Guyana. Good practices. 12:15 13:00 Domestic Labor Exploitation of Children: Development of Initiatives to Prevent it and Combat it. Good Practices, the case of Restaveks Mr. Smith Maximé, Free the Slaves Haiti, National Coordinator, Port au Prince, Haiti 13:00 14:30 Lunch Break. Free Objective: To learn about exploitation patterns that subject children to forced labor and domestic servitude. Good Practices

3 14:30 15:30 Assistance and Empowerment of Trafficked Victims: Domestic Trafficking Sra. Rogenir Almeida Santos Costa. Program Manager, Catholic Relief Services and Land Pastoral Commission, Brazil 15:30 15:45 Coffee Break Objective: To highlight that trafficking in persons in the Americas takes place beyond international borders. It is necessary to be aware of different forms of exploitation occurring domestically in the Americas. Case study of labor exploitation as trafficking in Persons in Brazil. Good practices 15:45 16:15 Domestic Exploitation: Victim Identification and Mechanisms to Protect Domestic Workers. Testimonial Sra. Josefa Condori Quispe, Yanapanacusun Center, Cusco, Perú Objective: To identify cultural and socio-economic contributing patterns to the exploitation of domestic workers. To identify protective instruments at the national and International levels 16:15 17:00 Working Groups by Sub-Regions Behavioral patterns followed by Traffickers and Organized Crime at the Sub-Regional and Regional Levels Identify and Strengthen Coordination Strategies among Governments, Civil Society and the International Community for the Protection of Victims of Trafficking in Persons Objective: Participants from the sub-regions of the Americas will form working groups to exchange information on behavioral patterns used by traffickers and organize crime in their efforts to attract victims within the sub-regions of the Americas. Participants will identify existing coordination mechanisms between governments and civil society for the protection of victims of trafficking in persons. 17:00 18:00 Working Groups Presentations 18:15 20:00 Welcoming Reception by Her Excellency Eda Rivas Franchini, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru September 12, :00 9:45 9:45 10:30 10:30 11:00 Implementation of Effective Remedies for the Comprehensive Protection of Victims of Trafficking in Persons: Restitution, Recovery, Compensation Federica Donati United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, Geneva Objective: To learn and promote effective measures to comprehensively defend and protect the human rights of the victims of trafficking in persons. Mechanisms of reintegration and recovery without re-victimization Rights and Obligations in Relation to Effective Remedies Rosilyne Borland, Regional Migrant Rights and Vulnerable Groups Specialist International Organization for Migration (IOM), Argentina Objective: To identify the reality faced by victims in regard to their protection. The victim at the center of protection to guarantee non-repetition of the circumstances that lead to exploitation. Lessons learned Trafficking in Persons Victims Protection: the Peruvian Case Augusto Cabrera Rebaza, Trafficking in Persons Victims Protection: the Peruvian Case Augusto Cabrera Rebaza, Objective: To examine the achievements and challenges faced by the Peruvian society in their efforts to comprehensively protect victims of trafficking in persons

4 11:00 11:30 Coffee Break 11:30 13:00 13:00 14:30 Lunch Break. Free 14:30 15:30 15:30 15:45 Coffee Break 15:45 17:30 Working Groups by Sub-Regions Identification of Good Practices and Challenges that at the National and Sub-Regional Levels have Permitted to Move Forward to Combat Trafficking in Persons Objective: To review at the national and sub-regional levels, good practices characterized by the cooperation between governments and civil society in their efforts to combat trafficking in persons in the Americas Establishment of Community-Oriented Field Models for Change: Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Victims, Development of Alternative Livelihoods, Vocational Training Supriya Awasthi, Free the Slaves, South-East Asia Director, India Objective: To identify good practices that have prompted education, respect for human Rights, direct participation, and the design of action plans for the empowerment of victims Work Plan against Trafficking in Persons in the Western Hemisphere: Recommendations to Consider for the Fourth Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons Working Groups by Sub-Regions. Presentation of Ideas Objective: Having considered the achievements and challenges that present the Work Plan against Trafficking in Persons in the Western Hemisphere (AG/RES XL-O/10), identify topics that could be considered to discuss at the Fourth Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons. 17:30 17:45 Closing Remarks Fernando Rojas Samanez Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru

5 Inter-American Seminar un Human Trafficking Strategic Coordination between Governments and Civil Society For the Comprehensive Protection of Victims of Trafficking in Persons Lima (Peru) September 11 and 12, 2013 PANELIST BIOS Supriya Awasthi Ms. Awasthi has been working on issues of forced labour and slavery in India for 16 years, conducting research and developing groundbreaking programs for anti-slavery community organizing, and advocacy. Alongside Free the Slaves ( local partners, she has developed high impact models of action, rooted in the commitment of vulnerable communities to resist slavery and protect their children from trafficking. With this support, hundreds of communities have broken free from inter-generational patterns of slavery and trafficking. In addition, Ms. Awasthi has enabled international news teams and film producers to powerfully communicate the realities of slavery and solutions to slavery in India, and this work has been recognized through two Emmy awards for her documentary research. Rosilyne Borland Ms. Borland is a Regional Technical Specialist based at the Regional Office for South America of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, working closely with IOM country offices on issues related to trafficking in persons, migrant rights and vulnerable groups. During the past five years, Ms. Borland coordinated a global IOM project in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on trafficking in persons and health, leading to the development of global good practice guidance for health providers on caring for trafficked persons and related training materials in English, Spanish and Arabic. Before working with IOM in South America, Ms. Borland was based at IOM Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, where she led IOM s global programme on HIV and population mobility, and was previously based in Central America and North America. Ms. Borland holds a Master s degree in International Development from American University and has more than ten years experience in human development topics. Prior to working with IOM, Ms. Borland was a freelance writer working with Médecins sans Frontières. Simona Broomes Ms. Broomes is a leader in assisting trafficking victims and in raising awareness about human trafficking in Guyana. After 25 years as a miner, she established the Guyana Women Miners Organization (GWMO), a volunteer membership and advocacy organization, in 2012 to empower women miners and address the economic discrimination and physical intimidation that women miners face. Ms. Broomes has worked to engage the government, the international community, and the media to raise public awareness of human trafficking, identify traffickers, promote the establishment of shelters in remote mining communities for victim care, improve law enforcement, and increase job training for women in mining. She not only rescues and fosters young girls, but carries out thorough searches to find and reunite these girls with their families. Under her leadership, the GWMO and its 440 members, have become consistently powerful advocates against human trafficking. In June of 2013 she was recognized by the Department of State of United States of America and awarded her the 2013 TIP Hero Award.

6 Augusto Cabrera Rebaza Mr. Cabrera Rebaza, is a career diplomat from Peru. As a Minister Counselor, he serves as the Deputy Director to Office for the Protection of Peruvian Communities at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a diplomat he has been assigned to the Peruvian Embassies in the People s Republic of China, Spain, and to the Peruvian Mission to the United Nations in New York, where he was commissioned as Vice-Chairman of the Commission of Judicial Affairs during the 57th United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Cabrera Rebaza is a lawyer with postgraduate studies in International Law and International Relations from the Complutense University in Madrid, Ortega and Gasset Institute, and holds masters degrees on diplomacy and international relations with concentrations in migration, treaties, and Peruvian communities. Mr. Cabrera Rebaza is a professor in international law at the Technological University of Peru. María José Chamorro Ms. Chamorro is a Spanish sociologist from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, has a master s degree on Environmental Management from the School of Industrial Organization of Madrid. Before joining the International Labor Organization in 1998, she worked in the private sector as a specialist on studies of environmental impact and at the Spanish Ministry of Environment. From 1998 to 2004, she held the title of program officer for the International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) in Central America. From 2004 to 2008, Ms. Chamorro was a technical officer for IPEC-Geneva covering three areas: domestic child labor, commercial sexual exploitation of children, and children in armed conflict. In 2008, she began working with a team promoting decent work. Federica Donati Ms. Donati has been a human rights officer at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the past ten years. As such she worked in the Asia-Pacific team, but mainly providing support to special procedures mechanisms of the UN Human Rights Council. Currently she coordinates a unit which provides support to a number of these mechanisms including the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children. Prior to joining the OHCHR, Ms. Donati worked on children s rights at UNICEF, India, and at Save the Children UK. She is a lawyer with a specialization in international human rights law from the University of Essex (UK).

7 Fernando García-Robles Mr. Garcia-Robles is the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Coordinator at Department of Public Security, Organization of American States. A professional with diversified experience in the public, private and non-for-profit sectors. Mr. Garcia-Robles designs, monitors, and implements OAS anti trafficking in persons programming; oversees the implementation of anti-trafficking projects and activities in the areas of prevention, protection and prosecution; and maximizes the anti trafficking efforts of financial donors, governments and other international organizations. He provides training, capacity building and awarenessraising to OAS member States. Mr. Garcia-Robles, a former career diplomat, has extensive experience in the areas of combating organized crime, multilateral security and policy reform agreements. He received a Masters degree in International Public Policy from SAIS- Johns Hopkins University and a Masters in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame. Mr. Garcia-Robles was a recipient of two fellowships: one to conduct studies in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Uppsala University, in Sweden; and the second, to conduct studies in Development and Threats to Peace at the Peace University in Stadshlaining, Austria. Smith Maximé Mr. Maximé is Haiti s Coordinator for Free the Slaves. As Country Coordinator, he interfaces with the Haitian government, international agencies, and international and national NGO. He strengthens the capacity of Free the Slaves partners to work better in the movement to eradicate child servitude in Haiti (known as restavèk). He later devoted his time to organizational capacity building, promotion of the rights of vulnerable groups, gender equality and project management. In his work against discrimination, he has worked with organizations of people living with HIV/AIDS, disabled people and individuals involved in the sex industry. A strong focus of this work has been in assisting these groups to build networks for the promotion of their own rights. In 2006, Smith joined the office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Haiti, where he spent four years as the Gender and Rights Program Manager. In this role, the promotion of women s rights, especially the prevention of gender-based violence, Smith completed his university studies in law, and earned a masters degree in project development at Quisqueya University. Josefa Condori Quispe Ms. Condori Quispe left her small village in Peru at age 9 to work as a domestic worker in the capital city. After spending most of her childhood and adolescence as a domestic worker, she managed to get an education and escape the life of domestic servitude. Ms. Condori Quispe has worked for more than 20 years defending the rights of domestic workers and is also a co-funder of the Center Yanapanakusun dedicated to fight domestic servitude. Ms. Condori Quispe runs a residential shelter for victims providing medical treatment, education, psychological support and legal aid. She is the recipient of the Fourth Annual Freedom Award given by the organization Free the Slaves.

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