299 – A Prevention Perspective, with Ezequiel Escobar Bellshaw

Dr. Sandie Morgan is joined by Ezequiel Escobar Bellshaw, an attorney from Madrid. The two discuss the role Fiet Gratia, an NGO of which Ezequiel Escobar Bellshaw is the Executive Director, plays in preventing trafficking in Spain.

Ezequiel Escobar Bellshaw

Ezequiel Escobar Bellshaw is the Executive Director of Fiet Gratia, an NGO specialized in intervention and comprehensive assistance to victims of human trafficking, with presence in different parts of Spain. In 2019, Ezequiel was offered the position of Executive Director, and accepted the offer to develop the project of the Solidarity Law Firm with his partner Alberto Miguens. Since 2012, he has been directing as partner and founder, the Law Firm Miguens & Bellshaw, developing an intense work in the area of Human rights. Ezequiel has a degree in Law from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, a Master in management, a Minor in Big Data and Business intelligence, a postgraduate in Compliance, and is a practicing lawyer in Madrid.

Key Points

Fiet Gratia is an anti human trafficking NGO that employs attorneys who aid the NGO in being sustainable and long term.

The industry of pornography is affecting youth as young as 8, directly linking them to prostitution because of the effects it leaves on youth.

The attorneys at Fiet Gratia aid in not only solving an individual's issue, but helping to find the solution for a bigger issue like trafficking.

The hiring of a compliance officer is similar to risk management, ensuring that everything that NGO does is being done ethically.

Fiet Gratia has gone through the ISO 9001 model, a model that ensures quality management, as well as the EFQM Model, the most respected seal in Europe.

Education can aid in prevention if it is given the same platform in schools as sex education courses are.

Resources

Fiet Gratia

Solidarity Law Firm 

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

ISO 9001

EFQM Model

Utilidad Publica

Guardia Civil

UN Palermo Protocol

3Ps: Prosecution, Protection, and Prevention

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Transcript

Sandra Morgan 0:00

You are listening to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast, episode 299, A Prevention Perspective with, attorney Ezequiel Escobar Bellshaw.

Welcome to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast here at Vanguard University's Global Center for Women and Justice in Orange County, California. This is the show where we empower you to study the issues, be a voice, and make a difference in ending human trafficking. I recorded this episode on site in Madrid, Spain during a recent Vanguard University, Summer Study Abroad human trafficking course. Our guest is Ezequiel Escobar Bellshaw. He's the Executive Director of Fiet Gratia an NGO specialized in intervention and comprehensive assistance to victims of human trafficking, with presence in several different parts of Spain. In 2019, Ezequiel was offered the position of executive director and accepted the offer to develop the project Solidarity Law Firm with his partner, Albert Miguens. They had been working together in the law firm Miguens and Bellshaw, developing an intense work in the area of human rights. Ezequiel has a degree in law from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, a aster's in management, a minor in big data and business intelligence, a postgraduate degree and compliance, and he's a dad to two beautiful children. Now, his background really informs this next conversation.