3rd Annual International Symposium on Preventing Human Trafficking
Public Policy Exchange, in association with the Centre for Parliamentary Studies organises in Brussels their third symposium on the subject under the title "Integrating the European Knowledge
With a new Directive on trafficking in human beings adopted by the European Council in March this year, the 3rd Annual International Symposium on Preventing Human Trafficking offers an opportunity for local, regional and national authorities to gather comparative knowledge, discuss the latest challenges and share examples of cross-border best practices.
The adoption of a new Directive is a pivotal step towards the creation of a structured and comprehensive strategy backed by a robust legal framework. Key to the ambitious new measures is the adoption of a victim-centred approach, which includes a gender perspective and aims to shed more light on issues such as a common definition of the crime, cross-border prosecution, treatment of vulnerable victims, victims support, witness protection, monitoring mechanisms and prevention aspects.
Willy Bruggeman, Professor at the Benelux University Centre and Board of the Belgian Federal Police will open the symposium.
Further program points of the symposium:
- Exchange of Best Practices and Future Challenges
- Identifying New Types of Interventions for Preventing Human Trafficking in Europe
- Bottom-Up Approaches in Tackling Human Trafficking
Practical information
When: 24 November 2011, 9-17:30h
Where: Silken Hotel, Brussels
Fee: 345€ - 395€