Women, State Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence: The Sale of Black Migrants from Tunisia to Libya
2026-04-22T16:00:00+00:00
2026-04-22T18:00:00+00:00
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Hosted by MEP Ilaria SALIS (The Left, IT), MEP Leoluca ORLANDO (Greens, IT) and MEP Cecilia STRADA (S&D, IT). Conference on Women, State Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence: The Sale of Black Migrants from Tunisia to Libya. 22/04/2026 at the European Parliament in Brussels. MEP EVENT Women, State Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence: | The Sale of Black Migrants from Tunisia to Libya . 📅 Date:22/04/2026 | 🕐 Time:18:00 - 20:00 | 📍 Location:Room SPAAK 7C50, European Parliament, Brussels | About the Event : This event will bring together policymakers, researchers, human rights experts, and witnesses to shed light on the alarming realities of trafficking, racialized violence, and systemic abuses affecting migrants, particularly women, between Tunisia and Libya.Following up the first report released in January 2025, another breakthrough researching work will be presented by the international research group alongside witnesses and victims of this system of sale of human beings.Hosted by : +Ilaria SALISMEP Italy The Left BureauMember of the European Parliament Left The Left group in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL | AVS Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra Ilaria SALISCommitteesLIBECivil Liberties, Justice & Home AffairsAFETForeign AffairsDROIHuman Rights (Subcommittee)HOUSHOUS CommitteeDelegationsDMEDDelegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the MediterraneanDMAGDelegation for relations with the Maghreb countries & the Arab Maghreb Union, including joint committees with Morocco, Tunisia & AlgeriaDACPDelegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary AssemblyDAFRDAFR Delegation×+Leoluca ORLANDOMEP Italy Member of the European Parliament Greens Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance | Independent Independent Leoluca ORLANDOCommitteesAFETForeign AffairsLIBECivil Liberties, Justice & Home AffairsAFCOConstitutional AffairsDelegationsV-CHAIR DMASDMAS DelegationDMEDDelegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the MediterraneanD-TRDelegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary CommitteeDPALDPAL Delegation×+Cecilia STRADAMEP Italy Member of the European Parliament SD Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament | PD Partito Democratico Cecilia STRADACommitteesLIBECivil Liberties, Justice & Home AffairsDEVEDevelopmentEMPLEmployment & Social AffairsFEMMWomen’s Rights & Gender EqualityDelegationsV-CHAIR DMASDMAS DelegationDPALDPAL Delegation×Speakers : ⬇ Programme+RXXInternational Research GroupResearcher XRXXRRX is an international research group that has decided to remain anonymous and go by a collective pseudonym. This choice is dictated by the need to protect their safety while allowing them to continue their work on a topic that cannot be researched freely in Tunisia without being subjected to radical repression. The group planned the research, collected and analysed the materials, as well as supervising the entire research process.×Filippo FURRIAnthropologistBorder Forensics Rose Tchapet SOUCHTOUAWitness in the reportSouleymane DIALLOWitness in the reportSiobhán MULLALLYUN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in personsespecially women and childrenUnited Nations Ulrich STEGEMemberAssociation for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI) Olivia SUNDBERGEU Advocate on Migration and AsylumAmnesty International EU Programme : 18:00OpeningMEP Leoluca Orlando and screening of a sequence of "Les Aventuriers" (by Michele Cinque | film director and producer)18:10First Panel – Women State Trafficking: Gender-Based Violence and Sale of Black Migrants from Tunisia to LibyaModeration and introduction: MEP Ilaria SalisRXX | Researcher XFilippo Furri | Border ForensicsRose Tchapet Souchtoua | witness of the reportSouleymane Diallo (remote) | witness of the reportAdditional witnesses19:05Short Break19:15Second Panel – State Accountability: Combating Trafficking and Collective ExpulsionsModeration and introduction: MEP Cecilia StradaSiobhán Mullally | UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and childrenUlrich Stege | Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI)Olivia Sundberg | Amnesty International EU19:45Q&A / Open Discussion with audience20:00Closing remarks by MEPsImportant – This event is by invitation, and only registered participants will be admitted. Due to capacity constraints, all attendees must register, including those already holding a European Parliament access badge. Registration is mandatory for admission.
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