On March 28, 2025, Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta Against Human Trafficking, H.E Michel Veuthey, in collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), organized a side event on the sidelines of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council. The event, titled “After 25 Years of the Palermo Protocol: The Need for Real Action That Makes a Difference,” highlighted the ongoing challenges in combating human trafficking. This was the first step of the new collaboration between the Order of Malta and UNITAR established on February 3rd, 2025. This partnership will take the form of an online course on human trafficking, set to launch between mid-January and mid-February 2026. The event gathered high-level speakers as :
- H.E Ambassador Michel Veuthey, Sovereign Order of Malta
- Mr. Rabih El-Haddad, Director of UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Division
- H.E. Ambassador Prof. Muhammad M.O KAH, Permanent Representative of the Republic of The Gambia to the United Nations office in Geneva
- Mrs. Reem Alsalem, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls
- H.E. Ambassador Dr. David Fernandez Puyana, Permanent Observer of UPEACE to the United Nations office in Geneva
- Mrs. Ena Lucia Mariaca Pacheco, INTERPOL
- Mr. Kevin Hyland OBE, LLM, former UK Government’s first Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (2014 to 2018) and Chief Executive of PRAEVENI GLOBAL
- Dr. Anna Sabrina Wollmann, Training Associate, UNITAR
You can read the event’s report HERE
You can read Michel Veuthey’s opening remarks HERE
