Trafficking in Persons

Siobhán Mullally

Chapter 100 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Migration and Asylum Law, 2025, pp 581-586 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Trafficking in persons is a serious human rights violation, often occurring in the context of migration. International law on state responsibility and the positive obligations on states to identify, assist, and protect trafficked persons and to prevent trafficking is evolving. Tensions persist between approaches to trafficking in persons that foreground criminal justice responses, rather than enhanced protection of the rights of victims. The links between conflict, climate-related displacement, and migration and the heightened risks of trafficking are increasingly acknowledged, with particular risks faced by children. As yet, the positive obligations of states to prevent, protect, and ensure accountability for trafficking in persons has not extended to providing a right of residence as a remedy for the human rights violation endured.

Keywords: Human trafficking; Migration; Non-punishment; Forced labour; Sexual exploitation; Refugees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802204148
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