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the fastest growing criminal industry in the world, tied for second with the arms industry and behind drug dealing; Whereas, the Philippines has been identified not only as a source but also as a transit and destination point of trafficked persons, especially children;
Whereas the US State Department has placed the Philippine government in Tier 2 for the second straight year in its anti-trafficking campaign for not fully complying with the Trafficking Victims Protection Acts minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking;
Whereas, the church has been ordained by God to be the light and salt of this world to nurture and preserve human dignity;
DECLARATION OF SOLIDARITY AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING Whereas, Jesus Christ, the chief cornerstone of the church (Eph 2:20) has so ordered that all He commanded be taught and observed (Matt 28:20) and that amongst these commandments are loving one another (John 13:34), setting the oppressed free and proclaiming the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18d-19);
DECLARATION OF SOLIDARITY AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING We, therefore, churches and organizations belonging to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP),the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) and the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), have bonded together to form the Philippine Interfaith Movement Against Human Trafficking (PIMAHT).
We, from the non-government organizations working on behalf of vulnerable women and children, stand in solidarity with the CBCP,NCCP and PCEC in fighting all forms of modern-day slavery for the preservation of human dignity.
We are Filipino communities of faith working with all to end human trafficking in the Philippines, guided by our core value of upholding human dignity, justice, solidarity and freedom with courage and honesty.
DECLARATION OF SOLIDARITY AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING In witness of our common resolve and determination towards this end, and with the prayer to serve in the power of the Holy Spirit, we are affixing our signatures to this Declaration during the Magkaisa, Ipaglaban ang Angking Dangal Freedom Forum held on September 5, 2013, at the Christ Commission Fellowship Center, Ortigas, Pasig City.
NCCP
National Council of Churches in the Phlippines
PCEC
Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches
IJM
International Justice Mission
Center for Migrants Concerns Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines
Radio Veritas
World Vision
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