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Gov’t alone cannot fight human trafficking – Pati

P ROFESSOR OF law and director of the Human Trafficking Academy at St Thomas University in the United States, Dr Roza Pati, says a multi- national approach is needed to combat human trafficking.

“A phenomenon like traffick- ing is too big of a problem to be faced by governments alone. It’s too big of a problem to be faced by any nation state alone, it doesn’t matter how powerful. It’s a trans- national crime encompassing

multiple jurisdictions through- out the world; we have to work together,” she said. Professor Pati was delivering the distinguished lecture on human trafficking held recently at the University of the Commonwealth

Caribbean (UCC), St Andrew. She noted that nations must be willing to work together to achieve the mutual goal of eliminating human trafficking globally. “Nation states must have the willingness to go to the table at the United Nations, right now, when the efforts are beingmade to have a binding document; a treaty,”she said. She commended the Jamaican Government for acknowledging the issue and putting measures in place to fight the crime. “Your Government is taking the lead, but your Government can- not do it alone. Your Government needs you,” Professor Pati said, while urging the youth to become part of the global efforts against the scourge. YOUTH ENGAGEMENT Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Anti- Trafficking in Persons Unit, Deputy Superintendant of Police (DSP) Carl Berry, also called on young people to become engaged in the fight against human trafficking. “Be that global advocate, start the hashtag … why not start that movement on social media, be that voice for the victim? Remember, they (victims) are downtrodden, they are traumatised and scared to death, but guess what you have? You have the benefit of friendship and freedom. “You have the skills of the com- puter; you know how to navigate social media. We ask you as global citizens to remember that you have a right to ensure that your brothers and sisters are free,” he said. Meanwhile, Executive Vice- President of Academic Affairs, Internationalisation and Online Programmes at UCC, Professor Bernadette Warner, said that the institution was pleased to partner with the National Task Force Against Trafficking In Persons (NATFATIP) in the staging of the lecture. “We were very confident that

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Professor of Law and Director of the Human Trafficking Academy at St Thomas University in the United States, Dr Roza Pati, delivering the distinguished lecture on human trafficking at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean in St Andrew recently. Head of the Anti- Trafficking in Persons Unit, Jamaica Constabulary Force, Deputy Superintendent of Police Carl Berry, looks on. CONTRIBUTED ‘Our Bachelor of Science degrees in social work and applied psychology and our Master of Laws programme are all designed to help in this fight’.

this was a partnership UCC wanted to engage in. A partnership with the philosophy of sustainability because we felt that as an educa- tional institution, there are ways that we might be able to assist NATFATIP,” she noted. EDUCATION These, she said, are through the development of educational pro- grammes that are relevant in the fight against human trafficking and structuring degree programmes to enable agents and practitioners to build their competence. “Our Bachelor of Science degrees in social work and applied psychology and our Master of Laws programme are all designed to help in this fight,”ProfessorWarner pointed out.

She said the lecture provided an avenue to educate students and the wider public about the nature of human trafficking and how they can become a part of the fight. “We heard from NATFATIP the cry for volunteers, and I’ve already said that we will be very happy to link on to our website the oppor- tunity for our students to register,” she said. Chair of the NATFATIP Prevention Subcommittee, Sandra Graham, for her part, said that the entity values the partnership with UCC because there is an indispensable role for educational institutions to play in addressing human trafficking. She expressed the hope that more institutions will see such col- laboration as a moral obligation.

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