#EndSlavery is an initiative of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Sciences for their work to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking, a task Pope Francis assigned to them in 2013.
Events
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Prosperity, People and Planet in the Cities
A Special Symposium of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network on Cities and the Sustainable Development Agenda Wednesday 22 July 2015, 9am... 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 -
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 -
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
