{"id":3770,"date":"2022-09-22T09:07:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T08:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nohumantrafficking.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&p=3770"},"modified":"2022-09-22T09:07:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T08:07:19","slug":"human-rights-council-a-hrc-51-26-contemporary-forms-of-slavery-affecting-persons-belonging-to-ethnic-religious-and-linguistic-minority-communities-statement-by-professor-michel-veuthey-15-septem","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nohumantrafficking.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/human-rights-council-a-hrc-51-26-contemporary-forms-of-slavery-affecting-persons-belonging-to-ethnic-religious-and-linguistic-minority-communities-statement-by-professor-michel-veuthey-15-septem\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Council – A\/HRC\/51\/26 Contemporary forms of slavery affecting persons belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minority communities – Statement by Professor Michel Veuthey 15 September 2022"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3770","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"evidence":"no","focus_on":"no","breaking":"no","news_cover":{"id":3771,"url":"https:\/\/nohumantrafficking.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2022\/09\/Capto_Capture-2022-09-22_10-06-41_AM.png"},"news_content":"

Human Rights Council – A\/HRC\/51\/26<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contemporary forms of slavery affecting persons belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minority communities<\/strong> – Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, <\/strong><\/p>\n

including its causes and consequences, Professor Tomoya Obokata<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Statement by Professor Michel Veuthey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ambassador to monitor and combat trafficking in persons, Deputy Permanent Observer in Geneva
\nGeneva, 15 September 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mr. President, Excellencies,<\/p>\n

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The Sovereign Order of Malta wishes to express its thanks to the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Professor Tomoya Obokata<\/strong>. We would like to congratulate the Special Rapporteur and his team for their well-documented report (A\/HRC\/51\/26<\/a>) on \u201cContemporary forms of slavery affecting persons belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minority communities\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Order of Malta would like to highlight the value of the concrete action of many religious congregations in the protection and rehabilitation of\u00a0victims of contemporary forms of slavery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Allow me to briefly describe the Order of Malta’s contribution to the fight against contemporary forms of slavery:<\/p>\n

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(1) Raising awareness <\/strong><\/p>\n