Proselytizing While Fighting Trafficking: Human Rights
Violation?  The question, “is proselytizing acceptable?” is
perhaps discussed more frequently today than in the times of
David Livingstone.  One of the issues that’s come out of the
current discussion over best practices in fighting human
trafficking has revolved around proselytizing.  Shortly, we’ll
publish part one of our interview with Claude d’Estrée, Buddhist
Chaplain at the University of Denver and head of the Human
Trafficking Clinic. Prompted by a UN conference, he and
colleagues were asked to come up with a Code of Conduct for
organizations doing anti-human trafficking work. He co-authored
it with Yvonne Zimmerman, whose interview on this blog launched
a discussion about the ethics of anti-trafficking efforts. As a
little preview of the interview, here’s what Claude had to say
about it:  Erik Campano: How have groups you have observed as
proselytizing reacted to your Code of Conduct?  Claude d’Estrée:
[laughing] Not well. I should have predicted