Trafficking of human beings from a human rights perspective : : towards a holistic approach / / Tom Obokata.

• Superior document: International studies in human rights ; 89
• Author: Obokata, Tom.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in human rights ; v. 89.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Trafficking of human beings is a widespread practice in the modern world. It has been estimated that between 600,000 and 800,000 people, the majority of whom are women and children, are trafficked worldwide each year. The rapid growth in trafficking of human beings and its transnational nature have prompted the international community to take urgent action, and a major step was taken when the United Nations adopted the Protocol to Prevent and Suppress Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (Trafficking Protocol), attached to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (Organised Crime Convention) in December 2000. Yet addressing the human rights aspects of the phenomenon has proven to be difficult in practice, and so far a holistic approach which addresses wider issues surrounding the phenomenon has not been taken. The purpose of this book is to go further than simply recognising that trafficking is a human rights issue. It attempts to establish a human rights framework to analyse and address the act by identifying applicable human rights norms and principles from the beginning to the end of the trafficking process, such as the rights to life, work, health, as well as freedom from torture and slavery. It then articulates key obligations under international human rights law, including the obligations to prohibit trafficking, punish traffickers, protect victims, and to address the causes and the consequences of the practice.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Understanding Trafficking -- Chapter 2. National Case Studies on Trafficking of Human Beings in Thailand, Poland, and the United Kingdom -- Chapter 3. The Role of Inter-Governmental Organisations in Relation to Trafficking of Human Beings -- Chapter 4. Trafficking of Human Beings as a Human Rights Abuse: Obligations and Accountability of Non-State Actors -- Chapter 5. Trafficking of Human Beings as a Human Rights Violation: Obligations and Accountability of States -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- Wider Issues and Future Research -- Annex 1 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime -- Annex 2 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime -- Annex 3 Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.