Interview: Yitzhak Rabin on Human Trafficking

by Amanda Kloer · 2009-03-09 07:00:00 UTC
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Each week, I will be bringing you a new interview with a formerly-active activist or abolitionist, that is, someone now deceased.  I'll be talking to the men and women who paved the way for the abolitionists of today and getting their thoughts on the problems and solutions of modern-day slavery.  How do I contact not just the dead, but the famous and dead?  Every good blogger must have her secrets!

This week...Yitzhak Rabin

How's the afterlife treating you?

It's amazing.  There's more than enough room for everyone.

For those non-biography readers out there, how about you tell me a little about yourself.

I was the Prime Minister of Israel from 1974-1977 and again from 1992 until 1995, when I was assassinated. I won the Nobel Peace Prize with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat for our work on the Oslo Accords, which took great strides toward building peace between Israel and Palestine.  I was an advocate for governments working together for the cause of peace.

What do you think is the biggest problem in the modern-day abolitionist movement?

There is not nearly enough coordination between governments on what is often an international, multi-lateral issue.  Governments need to work together to identify how traffickers are moving victims internationally and how they can be caught at borders.

If you were alive, what would you do to fight slavery?

I would encourage an international human trafficking committee to be formed to look at the issue from an international angle.  The task force could then identify holes in existing international policy and strengthen regulations to prevent trafficking.

Any last thoughts for our readers?

Q: How many Yitzhak Rabin's does it take to screw in a light bulb?  A: That's not funny.

Amanda Kloer is a Change.org Editor and has been a full-time abolitionist in several capacities for seven years. Follow her on Twitter @endhumantraffic
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