Anti-Human Trafficking Event at Catholic University Law
Catholic University is hosting a human trafficking summit on January 22, 2026, 12:30-2pm. Registration is available here.
Five U.S. Ambassadors-At-Large to Combat Trafficking in Human Persons from the Bush, Obama, Trump I, and Biden administrations will address concerns about global efforts against modern slavery at the summit. The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and other University departments are sponsoring the program.
This event commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and is being held during Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
The panelists will discuss changes to anti-trafficking efforts and their potential implications for the protection of vulnerable workers and sex trafficking victims. Participants include the former ambassadors-at-large Mark Lagon (2007-2009), Luis C. deBaca (2009-2014), Susan Coppedge (2015-2017), John Cotton Richmond (2018-2020), and Cindy Dyer (2023-2025).
The event is sponsored by the Columbus School of Law’s Bakhita Initiative for the Study and Disruption of Modern Slavery and the Immigration Law and Policy Initiative, with Catholic University's Departments of Global Studies and Politics.
