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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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Acknowledgements -- Table of Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- Introduction -- 1. Trafficking in Persons as One of the XXI Century's New Forms of Slavery -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Trafficking in persons: a revitalization of slavery? -- 1.3 The definition of trafficking in persons -- 1.4 The lack of data on human trafficking -- 1.4.1 The (un)reliable estimates on trafficking in persons -- 1.5 The causes of trafficking in human beings -- 1.6 The trafficking process: from victims' recruitment to their exploitation -- 1.6.1 The debt bondage/bonded labour practice -- 1.7 The consequences of the trafficking experience on victims -- 1.8 The forms of exploitation related to trafficking in human beings -- 1.8.1 Sexual exploitation -- 1.8.2 Labour exploitation -- 1.8.3 The involvement of children in armed conflicts -- 1.8.4 Illegal adoptions -- 1.8.5 Trafficking in human organs -- 1.9 Concluding remarks -- 2. The International Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade and the Action against Trafficking in Human Beings -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The abolition of slavery and the slave trade -- 2.3 The fight against the traffic in women and children -- 2.4 A landmark achievement: the adoption of the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and of its Protocols -- 2.5 The UN Trafficking in Persons Protocol -- 2.5.1 The definition of trafficking in persons: the issue of consent and its scope of application -- 2.5.2 The prosecution of human traffickers -- 2.5.3 The protection of trafficked victims -- 2.5.4 Prevention, co-operation and other measures -- 2.5.5 The final measures -- 2.6 Trafficking in persons versus smuggling in migrants -- 2.7 The follow-up process -- 2.8 Soft law on trafficking in human beings: enhancing victims' protection |
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2.8.1 The UNHCHR Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking -- 2.8.2 The UNICEF Guidelines for Protection of the Rights of the Child Victims of Trafficking -- 2.8.3 The UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power -- 2.9 Is the prohibition of trafficking in persons part of the jus cogens principle of international law providing for the abolition of slavery? -- 2.10 Concluding remarks -- 3. Trafficking Victims' Protection in International Human Rights, Criminal and Labour Law -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The UN instruments in the fight against trafficking in persons -- 3.2.1 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- 3.2.2 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- 3.2.3 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- 3.2.4 The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women -- 3.2.5 The Convention on the Rights of the Child -- 3.2.6 The Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts -- 3.2.7 The Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography -- 3.2.8 The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination -- 3.2.9 The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- 3.2.10 The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families -- 3.2.11 The Convention and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees -- 3.2.12 The Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages -- 3.3 The UN Special Procedures and the fight against trafficking in persons |
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3.3.1 The Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children -- 3.3.2 The Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences -- 3.3.3 The Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography -- 3.3.4 The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrant Workers -- 3.4 The Statute of the International Criminal Court and trafficking in persons as a form of enslavement -- 3.5 Trafficking in persons and labour exploitation: the action of the International Labour Organization -- 3.5.1 The ILO Conventions No 29 and No 105 and the fight against forced or compulsory labour -- 3.5.2 The ILO Conventions No 138 on the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment and No 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour -- 3.5.3 The ILO Conventions on Migration for Employment (No 97) and on Migrant Workers (No 143) -- 3.6 Concluding remarks -- 4. The Fight against Trafficking in Persons and Victims' Protection in the Council of Europe -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The European Convention on Human Rights -- 4.2.1 The case of Siliadin v France -- 4.3 The action of the Committee of Ministers and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe against trafficking in persons -- 4.4 The European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings -- 4.4.1 Purposes, scope, non-discrimination principle and definitions -- 4.4.2 Prevention, co-operation and other measures -- 4.4.3 The protection of trafficking victims -- 4.4.4 The prosecution of traffickers -- 4.4.5 Investigation, prosecution and procedural law -- 4.4.6 Co-operation measures -- 4.4.7 The monitoring mechanism -- 4.4.8 The relationship with other international instruments -- 4.4.9 Amendments -- 4.4.10 Final clauses -- 4.5 The added value of the COE Trafficking in Persons Convention with respect to the UN Trafficking Protocol |
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4.6 The COE action against trafficking in human organs -- 4.6.1 The COE Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine -- 4.6.2 The Additional Protocol concerning Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin -- 4.7 Concluding remarks -- 5. The European Union and Trafficking in Persons: From Traffickers' Prosecution to Victims' Protection? -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Trafficking in human beings in the framework of the establishment of an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice -- 5.3 The Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA and the prosecution of traffickers -- 5.4 The Council Directive 2004/81/EC and the protection of trafficking victims who co-operate with the competent authorities -- 5.4.1 The legal basis for the adoption of the Council Directive 2004/81/EC -- 5.4.2 Scope of the Council Directive 2004/81/EC -- 5.4.3 The protection granted to the victims who decide to co-operate with the competent authorities -- 5.4.4 The most controversial measures of the Council Directive 2004/81/EC -- 5.4.5 The final provisions -- 5.5 The European Conference on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings -- 5.6 The European Commission Experts Group on Trafficking in Human Beings -- 5.7 A shift from traffickers' prosecution to victims' protection? -- 5.8 The EU initiatives to fight against trafficking in human organs -- 5.9 Concluding remarks -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y |
| Summary |
This book analyses the various international legal instruments regulating people trafficking including treaties, 'soft law', and the recent definition contained in the UN Trafficking Protocol, and argues that trafficking in persons ought rightly to be considered a part of jus cogens |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Subject |
Human trafficking -- Prevention -- International cooperation
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Human trafficking.
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TRUE CRIME -- General.
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Human trafficking
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Menschenhandel
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Mensenhandel.
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Uitbuiting.
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Slavernij.
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Internationaal recht.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191562129 |
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0191562122 |
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9780191715464 |
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0191715468 |
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0199541906 |
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9780199541904 |
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