The relationship between human trafficking and child recruitment in the Colombian armed conflict

Mónica Hurtado, Ángela Iranzo Dosdad and Sergio Gómez Hernández

Third World Quarterly, 2018, vol. 39, issue 5, 941-958

Abstract: The article rethinks the relationship between human trafficking as organised crime and child recruitment as a war crime. After analysing the records of 132 cases of child and adolescent recruitment brought before Colombia’s ordinary justice system between 2008 and 2016, it became clear that the youngsters involved had performed activities both directly and indirectly related to the conflict, but also that they had been exploited and maltreated, with no control over their situation. Reassessment of the relationship between human trafficking and child recruitment could result in more effective justice for this population by shedding light on alternate ways to construct reparation and reintegration.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1408404

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