Recommendations of the 2015 PASS Plenary Session
From the 17-21 April 2015 Plenary Session on
‘Human Trafficking: Issues beyond... Read more
Declaration of the 28 April 2015 Summit
28 April 2015
We the undersigned have assembled at the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social... Read more
Joint Declaration Against Modern Slavery
We, the undersigned, are gathered here today for a historical initiative to inspire spiritual and practical action by all global faiths and people of good will everywhere to eradicate modern slavery across the world by 2020 and for all time.
In the eyes of God each human being is a free person, whether girl, boy, woman or man, and is destined to exist for the good of all in equality and fraternity. Modern slavery, in terms of human trafficking, forced labour and prostitution, organ trafficking, and any relationship that fails to respect the fundamental conviction that all people are equal and have the same freedom and dignity, is a crime against humanity.
We pledge ourselves here today to do all in our power, within our faith communities and beyond, to work together for the freedom of all those who are enslaved and trafficked so that their future may be restored. Today we have the opportunity, awareness, wisdom, innovation and technology to achieve this human and moral imperative.
STATEMENT OF THE 2013 WORKSHOP
THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
AND THE FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DES... Read more
I have stated several times that these new forms of slavery – human trafficking, forced labour, prostitution, organ trade – are very serious crimes, a wound on the body of contemporary humanity.
The whole of society is called to grow in this awareness, especially with regard to national and international legislation, in order to prosecute the traffickers and redirect their unjust gains to the rehabilitation of victims.
Pope Francis, Address to the Participants in the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Saturday, 18 April 2015
#EndSlavery is an initiative of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences for their work to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking, a task Pope Francis assigned to them in 2013.
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Proceedings of the 2018 Vatican Youth Symposium
Youth Leadership for Integral Human Development: Laudato Si’ and the Sustainable Development Goals Proceedings of the 2018 Vatican Youth Symposium e-pub ... Read more
2019
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Intergenerational Leadership for Sustainable Development
Symposium, 16 October 2019 - Youth leaders have an important role to play in instilling the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Climate Agreement, and Pope Francis' Encyclical Laudato Si’... Read more
2018
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Youth Leadership for Integral Human Development: Laudato Si’ and the Sustainable Development Goals
Wednesday, 31 October 2018 Casina Pio IV, Vatican City Youth leaders have an important role to play in instilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Climate Agreement, and Laudato... Read more -
The Future of Work
Ethics in Action for Sustainable and Integral Development Final Declaration on The Future of Work Vatican City, October 29-30, 2018 Equipping individuals with skills and opportunities for decent... Read more -
Corruption
Ethics in Action for Sustainable and Integral Development Final Declaration on Corruption Alpbach, Austria, August 21, 2018 Corruption is the abuse of power to pursue particular interests over... Read more -
Indigenous Peoples
Ethics in Action for Sustainable and Integral Development Final Declaration on The SDGs and the Magisterium of Pope Francis for Indigenous Peoples Indigenous peoples, who have inhabited the world’s... Read more -
Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking, and Access to Justice for the Poor and Vulnerable
Final Declaration of the Ethics in Action Meeting On Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking, and Access to Justice for the Poor and Vulnerable Casina Pio IV, March 12-13, 2018 The United Nations... Read more
2017
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Youth as Stewards of Our Planet for a More Fraternal and Supportive Society
Casina Pio IV Youth Symposium 14-15 October 2017 - Our era is one of great tension and anxiety. With multilateralism on the wane, narrower visions of nationalism, exclusivism, and even... Read more -
Corporate Responsibility
Ethics in Action Businesses as Agents of Sustainable Development Final Statement August 2017 The corporate sector has an essential role to play in advancing sustainable development. All religious... Read more -
Sharing models and best practices to end modern slavery and restore dignity to its victims
Workshop Malta, 13-14 June 2017 CONCEPT NOTE Following a wish of Pope Francis to study and eradicate modern slavery in terms of human trafficking, forced labour, prostitution and organ trafficking,... Read more -
Summit on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
Summit 7-8 February 2017 Introduction The issue of organ trafficking has been a concern of the World Health Organization (WHO) for three decades, expressed initially in 1987, but reaffirmed by the... Read more
2016
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Youth and the Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities
Casina Pio IV Youth Symposium 30-31 October 2016 - Youth are at the epicenter of the United Nations’ newly adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – both as future leaders of that... Read more -
Proceedings of the 2016 Judges' Summit
Proceedings of the 2016 Judges' Summit on Human Trafficking and Organized Crime 3-4 June 2016 Vatican City 2016 E-Pub ahead of print ... Read more -
Global Sustainability Network Forum
Origins of the GSN The origins of the “Global Sustainability Network” stem from the endeavours of the Joint Declaration of Religious Leaders signed on 2 December 2014. This was a gathering of... Read more
2015
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Real Love Chases Away Fear, Greed and Slavery: Young Leaders Must Pave the Way
Casina Pio IV Workshop 7-8 November 2015 - The future of our globalized world is in the hands of the young. We need to trust them. As a continuation of the November 2014 workshop on Young People... Read more -
Modern Slavery and Climate Change: The Commitment of the Cities
Casina Pio IV Workshop 21 July 2015 - Today we are facing two tragic emergencies that are related in different ways: the climate change crisis and the new forms of slavery. We are looking forward to... Read more -
Protect the Earth, Dignify Humanity
CASINA PIO IV • VATICAN CITY • 28 APRIL 2015 Organised by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, SDSN and Religions for Peace, the goal of this summit... Read more -
Trafficking with a Special Focus on Children
CASINA PIO IV • VATICAN CITY 27 APRIL 2015 Organised by the Embassy of Sweden to the Holy See and the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences and inspired by the words of Pope Francis... Read more -
Human Trafficking: Issues Beyond Criminalization
Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Plenary Session 17-21 April 2015 – There are two statements that Pope Francis has constantly repeated from the beginning of his Pontificate: that ‘Human... Read more
2014
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Joint Declaration Against Modern Slavery
On 2 December 2014 at the Casina Pio IV, headquarters of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, Catholic, Anglican, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish and Orthodox religious leaders... Read more -
Young People Against Prostitution and Human Trafficking
Casina Pio IV Workshop 15-16 November 2014 - The estimates of prostitution and human trafficking are staggering. Precise statistics are impossible, given the hidden and criminal nature of these... Read more
2013
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Trafficking in Human Beings: Modern Slavery
Casina Pio IV Workshop 2-3 November 2013 – Prologue: Following a wish expressed by Pope Francis, the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and of the Social Sciences, together with FIAMC... Read more
