Webinar EU Strategies on Victim Rights and Human Trafficking
Trafficking and Victims’ rights.
Four speakers; including Mr. Olivier Onidi – Acting EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator; Mrs. Katarzyna Janicka-Pawlowska – EU Victim Rights Coordinator; Mr. Manuel Albano – National Rapporteur for Trafficking in Human Beings and Mrs. Rita Penedo – Director of the Observatory on Trafficking in Human Beings, were invited to directly exchange with anti-trafficking and labour rights NGOs in Europe.
They reflected on the new and upcoming EU strategies addressing human trafficking and victim rights and related European developments, including the evaluation of the EU Trafficking Directive and Victim Rights Directive, plans for revision of the European legal framework, next to actions foreseen in the Portuguese EU presidency.
On the occasion of the European Day for Victims of Crime, on 22 February 2021, La Strada International addressed Members of the European Parliament to help improve access to residence for victims of crime, in particular victims of trafficking and severe forms of labour exploitation.