Stop the traffic

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Stop the Traffik is a global campaign against human trafficking and modern slavery , which was founded in 2006 by the British Steve Chalke in London.

history

First, Stop the Traffik was a two-year campaign to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade . The campaign aimed to:

  • Information: Creating awareness and understanding about human trafficking
  • Defend: Minimize human trafficking together with those in power
  • Funding work to combat trafficking around the world

A highlight of the campaign was Freedom Day on March 25, 2007, on the occasion of the bicentenary of the abolition of transatlantic slavery.

As a result of the campaign, 1.5 million signatures for the global fight against human trafficking were collected for the United Nations . Many celebrities such as Bob Geldof and Paul McCartney as well as over 200 members of the European Parliament had signed the declaration.

In 2008 the campaign developed into an independent international aid organization. Head Steve Chalke has been appointed UN Special Adviser to the Community Against Trafficking in Human Beings.

Chocolate campaign

The aim is to end child trafficking in the cocoa-growing nations in West Africa (as in the German SchokoFair project ). Especially in Ivory Coast , which produces a third of the world's cocoa, thousands of children have been and are being kidnapped from Ivory Coast and neighboring countries to harvest cocoa beans. They are forced to work long hours on the cocoa plantations and receive no money for it. The ICI (International Cocoa Initiative) was created in 2001 to combat human trafficking in the chocolate industry within the framework of the Harkin-Engel Protocol. The campaign enabled an agreement on Fairtrade to be reached with several large chocolate manufacturers such as Mars Incorporated , Verkade and Cadbury plc .

Business travelers against human trafficking

This project advises international travelers who want to report suspected human trafficking.

Awards

  • 2007 New Media Award

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.5 million signatories ( Memento from July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://www.christiantoday.com/article/un.appoints.steve.chalke.as.special.advisor.on.trafficking/16978.htm
  3. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7923385.stm
  4. ↑ http://businesstravellers-org.web26.winsvr.net/
  5. ^ New Media Award ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )