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Season of Creation 1 September -4 October 2024 .

This year’s Season of Creation theme is ‘’To hope and act with Creation.’’ This year, the symbol that will guide the season is “The first fruits of hope,” inspired by...

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Irish Launch of movie City of Dreams- 30 August 2024.

Another anti-human trafficking awareness-raising film comes to cinemas nationwide in Ireland, 30 August 2024 – City of Dreams, from the Executive Producers of the film Sound of Freedom (2023).                     ...

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Cork Against Human Trafficking (CorkAHT) event for 30 July 2024.

APT Ireland members Noreen O’ Shea, OLCGS, and Ms. Lynda Kelly, APT’s cAPTives Programme Coordinator, together with Winifred Doherty, OLCGS, were delighted to be a part of this year’s event...

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30 July 2024- UN World Day against Trafficking in Persons.

APT members turned out in strength as together with 70+ people across Europe, they attended the RENATE network’s annual online Prayer Service to mark the UN World Day against Trafficking...

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New Legislation enacted in Ireland to support victims of Human Trafficking.

On 4 July 2024, Ireland enacted legislation which introduced a new national referral mechanism (NRM), through the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking Bill) 2023. This legislation will put...

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Launch RENATE Law research ‘Legal Practitioners’ work with Victims of Human Trafficking:- Training required to undertake this work and resources to aid them in five countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Spain and Great Britain.’

Congratulations to our RENATE Europe Network colleagues on the successful launch of their latest law research, which took place 4 July 2024. RENATE Co-President Marie Power, HFB, warmly welcomed all...

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Discussions on what the TIP 2024 report holds for Ireland.

Image: Courtesy of Susan Daily, IBVM. For the 3rd year, Our Lady of Apostles Congregation (OLA) & the Society of African Missions (SMA) convened a webinar to consider the latest...

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APT presence at Santa Marta -An Garda Siochana Leadership Summit, Cork, 26/27 June 2024.

Photo: L to R:Bishop Alan McGuckian, (Down & Connor), Cardinal Vincent Nicholls, President Santa Marta group & Bishop Fintan Gavin, (Cork & Ross). It was valuable to have joined so...

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APT presence at the National Stakeholder Forum on the SDGs- Croke Park, Dublin, 6 June 2024.

‘’Transformative Education for Sustainable Development:- Reaching the Furthest Behind.’’ Primary factors which increase vulnerability to human trafficking and exploitation are gender, age, ethnic minority, abuse and disabilities. Many of the...

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Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery Conference, NUI Maynooth, Ireland, 14 June 2024.

On 14 June 2024, The School of Law and Criminology and Research Centre in International Justice, NUI Maynooth, together with colleagues from the Department of Social Studies , NUI Maynooth...

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