The International Law of Human Trafficking

Klappentext This book presents the first-ever comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the international law of human trafficking. This groundbreaking work presents a resource for policymakers, advocates, practitioners and scholars working in this controversial field. Zusammenfassung This book presents the first-ever comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the international law of human trafficking. This groundbreaking work presents a resource for policymakers, advocates, practitioners and scholars working in this controversial field.

Auteur

Dr Anne T. Gallagher is recognized as a leading authority on the international legal and policy aspects of human trafficking. She served as a career UN official from 1992 to 2003, including as Adviser on Human Trafficking to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, whom she represented in negotiations for the Organized Crime Convention and its Protocols on Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling. Dr Gallagher oversaw the development of the UN Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking and was founding Chair of the United Nations Inter-Agency Group on Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling. She continues to advise the United Nations on these issues, her most recent assignment being the preparation of a detailed legal commentary on the UN Recommended Principles and Guidelines. Dr Gallagher has worked directly with criminal justice agencies and legislatures on trafficking in more than forty countries and is currently a technical adviser to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its Member States. A scholar as well as a practitioner, she has taught international law and human rights law at universities and academic institutions in Europe, Asia and Australia and has published widely on human rights (including women's rights), criminal justice and trafficking.

Contenu

1. The international legal definition; 2. The international legal framework; 3. Specific legal issues; 4. State responsibility for trafficking; 5. Obligations of protection and support; 6. Obligations related to repatriation and remedies; 7. Obligations of an effective criminal justice response; 8. Obligations to prevent trafficking and respond lawfully; 9. Issues of compliance, implementation, and effectiveness.