Impact: Center against human trafficking and sexual violence in conflict

15/01/2026

🎷 Are you looking for an interesting Summer School this summer? Look no further 😀

Together with Tilburg University (Outreaching Honors Program) we offer a 2 weeks Summer School (6 ECTS) discussing ways to prevent and address human trafficking and conflict-related sexual violence. It's from 22 June to 3 July 2026!

We will have lively discussions, guest speakers/experts from around the world, and field trips to organisations working on these topics, including the ICC and a shelter!

More information on the program and how to register, see:
https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/students/studying/additional-education/outreaching/realizing-justice (deadline 13 May; early bird before 1 April)

31/08/2025

🎉 Stem jij ook vanaf morgen, 1 september, op ons? Wij zijn een van de organisatie waarop je kunt stemmen dit jaar tijdens de Rabo Club Support weken. Dus woon je in Tilburg en omstreken (Rijen, Goirle, Dongen) en ben je lid van de Rabobank, laat van je horen!

Met jouw stem kunnen we ons doel realiseren, namelijk samen met jongeren podcasts over mensenhandel en seksueel misbruik maken. Zware onderwerpen, maar helaas wel iets wat jongeren kan overkomen. In de podcasts praten we er open over en zoeken we samen naar manieren om deze vormen van geweld te voorkomen en wat je kunt doen als het je toch overkomt. Omdat jongeren zelf meedenken en meedoen, sluiten de afleveringen echt aan bij wat leeft onder leeftijdsgenoten. Een podcast door jongeren, voor jongeren.

Meer informatie over ons en ons doel: https://www.rabobank.nl/leden/clubsupport/club-overzicht/clubdetail?id=682621

Meer informatie over hoe te stemmen: https://www.rabobank.nl/leden/clubsupport/stemmen

Alvast veel dank! (en delen mag, graag)

26/08/2025

Stem jij ook vanaf 1 september op ons? Wij zijn een van de organisatie waarop je kunt stemmen dit jaar tijdens de Rabo Club Support weken. Dus woon je in Tilburg en omstreken (Rijen, Goirle, Dongen) en ben je lid van de Rabobank, laat van je horen!

Met jouw stem kunnen we ons doel realiseren, namelijk samen met jongeren podcasts over mensenhandel en seksueel misbruik maken. Zware onderwerpen, maar helaas wel iets wat jongeren kan overkomen. In de podcasts praten we er open over en zoeken we samen naar manieren om deze vormen van geweld te voorkomen en wat je kunt doen als het je toch overkomt. Omdat jongeren zelf meedenken en meedoen, sluiten de afleveringen echt aan bij wat leeft onder leeftijdsgenoten. Een podcast door jongeren, voor jongeren.

Meer informatie over ons en ons doel: https://www.rabobank.nl/leden/clubsupport/club-overzicht/clubdetail?id=682621

Meer informatie over hoe te stemmen: https://www.rabobank.nl/leden/clubsupport/stemmen

Alvast veel dank! (en delen mag, graag)

19/08/2025

Tune in now!

⚠️ Conflict-related sexual violence is history’s greatest silence, an atrocity as old as war, yet still among the least condemned. This must end. 🛑

📅 Tune in today to demand justice and sustained support for survivors: tinyurl.com/bdzafchv

15/04/2025

Are you looking for an interesting Summer School this summer? Together with Tilburg University (Outreaching Honors Program) we offer a 2 weeks Summer School (6 ECTS) discussing ways to prevent and address human trafficking and conflict-related sexual violence. It's from 23 June to 4 July!

We will have lively discussions, guest speakers/experts from around the world, and field trips to organisations working on these topics, including the ICC and a shelter!

More information on the program and how to register, see: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/students/studying/additional-education/outreaching/realizing-justice

Or register directly: https://lnkd.in/ekwD5Ec4

Deadline to register: 13 May!

19/02/2025

🔔 Ben jij of ken jij een ouder/verzorger van een kind in de basisschool of middelbare schoolleeftijd met een licht verstandelijke beperking (LvB)? Wij zoeken jou! 🔔

Kinderen met LvB lopen verhoogt risico op online seksuele uitbuiting. We gaan graag in gesprek met ouders/verzorgers hierover. Ben je je bewust van de risico’s, wat doe je eraan om je kind weerbaar te maken of wat heb je daarin nog nodig? Wat als het mis gaat, wat is dan je strategie of heb je geen idee welke route dan te bewandelen?

Met de inzichten uit deze gesprekken kan Terre des Hommes Netherlands , voor wie we het onderzoek doen, jou en andere ouders handvatten aanreiken om jullie kinderen weerbaar te maken tegen de risico’s van online seksuele uitbuiting. Ook hopen we hiermee een bijdrage te leveren aan het voorkomen van online seksuele uitbuiting van kinderen.

Mooie bijdrage dus! Help je mee?

Stuur ons een PB, mail ([email protected]) of bel ons (06-18804890) voor meer informatie!

17/12/2024

Watch the event, co-hosted with Impact: Center against human trafficking and sexual violence in conflict and the Ambassade van België in Nederland / de Belgique aux Pays-Bas, discussing the nexus between CRSV crimes including slavery, the slave trade and trafficking in persons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4zX8FZ_-iE&t=40s

06/12/2024

28/11/2024

Join us next week on 4 December during a side event to the ICC ASP in The Hague on "enhancing our understanding of the nexus between the crimes of conflict-related sexual violence, slavery, the slave trade and trafficking in persons" co-organized by the Kingdom of Belgium, United Nations Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, and IMPACT: Center against Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence in Conflict ().

The focus of this side-event is on recent efforts to deepen our understanding of the interplay between the different legal regimes, and their ability to address the true criminality of crimes which sit at the intersection of sexual violence in conflict, trafficking in persons, and/or slavery and the slave trade, from both the international and national perspective. Several experts have touched upon this issue in recent or forthcoming publications, namely the 2024 Special Issue of the Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (JHEC), and the forthcoming report of the UN Team of Experts on the nexus between CRSV and human trafficking for sexual exploitation, with a focus on Ukraine. Similarly, the ICC Policy on Slavery Crimes is an effort to better address the legal nexus between these crimes in both international and national courts.

Speakers and moderators include:
👉 Ambassador Olivier Belle (Belgian Ambassador)
👉 Marnay-Baszanger (Team Leader, UN Team of Experts)
👉 Patricia Viseur Sellers (Special Advisor to the ICC on Slavery Crimes)
👉Anne-Marie de Brouwer (Co-Director, IMPACT)
👉 Dr. Eefje De Volder (Co-Director, IMPACT)
👉Alexandra Lily Kather (Co-Founder, Emergent Justice Collective)
👉 Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum (Professor of Law, Cardoza Law)
👉 Comrie (Chief, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Section, UNODC, in personal capacity)

We hope to see some of you who attend the ICC Assembly of States Parties on 4 December in The Hague (13:15-14:45 hours, King Willem-Alexander Auditorium). If you cannot attend in person, you can register to attend by webstream at this link: https://forms.office.com/e/fsF9WpVUjE (deadline 2 December).

More on the Journal (open access to the Special Issue till 15 January 2025): https://www.uitgeverijparis.nl/nl/tijdschriften-online/journal-of-human-trafficking-enslavement?jaar=2024&editie=2000000035

More on the work of the Team of Experts:
https://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/our-work/team-of-experts/

25/11/2024

Today and for the coming 16 days the world turns orange.... to stop and prevent violence against women and girls, who still fall far too often victim to different kinds of violence: physical, psychological, sexual.

At Impact we stand in solidarity with these women and girls, many who also suffer from human trafficking and/or conflict-related sexual violence.

Join us in our fight against human trafficking and conflict-related sexual violence against women and girls. For example, by educating yourself on these themes during our upcoming Online Winter School in January 2025 or our in-person Summer Schools in June-July 2025. More information here: https://impact-now.org/winter-summer-school/

22/10/2024

TOMORROW we commemorate the 15-year anniversary of the mandate to . 🇺🇳

Watch the event LIVE at 10am EDT🔗 https://shorturl.at/GrZnz

18/10/2024

Interested to learn more about preventing and prosecuting conflict-related sexual violence and human trafficking as Esmee de Koning did in one of our earlier courses (see her recommendation below)?

From 20-31 January 2025 you can join us during our annual online Winter School on this theme, where we discuss topics such as prevention, prosecution, victims' rights and needs, protection, support and reparation, together with guest lectures from around the world. Broaden your knowledge and network!

More information about the course can be found here:
https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/students/studying/additional-education/outreaching/realizing-justice

Or register here: https://forms.office.com/e/PE4hEinEi2

We look forward to welcoming you in January!