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

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...

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Superior document:International studies in human rights ; 89
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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.
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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.