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The not for sale campaign was launched at the Arts and social concern festival Greenbelt in the summer of 2004 where thousands of church members from across the United Kingdom met with CHASTE volunteers to talk about the issues surrounding sex-trafficking into Europe.
The not for sale post-cards encouraged hundreds of churches and thousands of individuals to engage the government over the non ratification of the Palermo Protocol – a key United Nations Protocol which spells out clearly the responsibilities of countries of origin and destination in the fight against trafficking.
The United Kingdom government has not yet ratified this agreement which promotes amongst a variety of strategies
- Safe housing, appropriate counselling and health care for victims of sex trafficking
- Joined up investigation and prosecution of those responsible for trafficking
- Long term rehabilitation and training opportunities for those trafficked
- Legislative attention to the growth of the penumbra of the sex trade in which sex trafficking flourishes
Over 20 thousand not for sale postcards went out to churches and concerned individuals in the UK. Local MPs and MEPs were alerted to the importance of the government ratifying this UN protocol. CHASTE is now moving forward another campaign which will address trafficking for sexual exploitation as the international trade in flesh and violation of human dignity and rights which it is.
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