What We Do

Galvanizing Leaders to Shape Solutions

The Mission

Dignity demands freedom.

The Libertas Council affirms human dignity by reforming systems to stop human traffickers and usher all into freedom.

The Problem

With a growing 27.6 million victims of human trafficking worldwide, there are more slaves than ever before. Government systems are essential to stopping human trafficking, but are failing in three ways:

1. Ignoring Victims

Systems are failing to identify trafficking victims worldwide.

Out of 27.6 million victims, governments identify and help only 0.3%. That means more than 99% of victims are not receiving help. Instead, they remain trapped by the criminals, cartels, and companies trafficking them.

2. Raging Impunity

Systems are failing to hold traffickers accountable.

Globally, prosecutions are down. Traffickers’ annual illicit profits are soaring. Human trafficking is big business for traffickers because their financial rewards are high and their risk of getting caught is minimal.

Traffickers are the root cause of trafficking. Stopping trafficking requires stopping the impunity by holding traffickers accountable.

3. Punishing Survivors

Systems are failing to prioritize survivors.

Victims of human trafficking are more likely to go to jail than their traffickers. Human trafficking intersects many issues, but the crime of trafficking remains distinct. Conflating issues diminishes the capacity to arrive at effective strategies and real solutions that hold perpetrators accountable while prioritizing survivors.

Clarity and focus are necessary at every stage to identify victims, prosecute perpetrators, and provide services so survivors flourish.

The Solution

Freedom exists when systems work.

The Libertas Council reforms broken systems by working with leaders in government, business, and survivors to identify gaps, create solutions, and deliver change.

Led by the former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the Libertas Council brings decades of practical experience on the front lines in the global fight for freedom and unique access to leaders around the world. We turn agreement into action and passion into practice so people are free. Here is how we do that:

Access Leaders

We work directly with leaders within government, business, and survivors. The Libertas Council equips them to become champions for freedom who take action.

Create Strategies

We equip leaders to take action by identifying where systems are failing to deliver justice. We clarify country-specific challenges, provide a strategic action plan, and build capacity within public justice systems to combat human trafficking.

Implement Solutions

We help champions for freedom implement systemic solutions that bring freedom to victims, accountability to traffickers, and and prioritize survivors.

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