Key points for supporting and accompanying women victims and survivors of human trafficking for sexual exploitation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itziar Gandarias Goikoetxea ◽  
Oihane Urrutikoetxea Lekanda ◽  
Miguel Ángel Navarro Lashayas
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Women Victims ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core ◽  
Key Points

Trafficking for sexual exploitation is a complex, highly changeable phenomenon that needs to be tackled on a multi-faceted, inter-disciplinary basis by different social actors including social organisations, police forces and public institutions, because it entails not just gender violence but also a web of other serious breaches of human rights. This briefing on “Key points for supporting and accompanying women victims and survivors of human trafficking for sexual exploitation” seeks to provide guidelines for specialists at social organisations and for technical staff at public administrations and institutions who work to prevent, deal with and care for victims. It begins by giving an outline of the characteristics of women classed as victims of trafficking dealt with in the Historical Territory of Bizkaia between 2015 and 2017. It goes on to describe the gaps and needs detected among specialists at social organisations. Finally, it provides recommendations that highlight the importance of making the needs of women the core concern, avoiding re-victimisation and enhancing coordination and networking between social organisations and the public institutions involved.

PERSEFEKTIF IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING CRIME LAW NUMBER 39 OF 1999 ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASE AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING IN MEDAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
Ida Monika Putu Ayu Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Trafficking In Persons ◽  
The People ◽  
Public Company ◽  
Legal Sanctions ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Human Rights Violation

Laws are the norms that govern all human actions that can be done and should not be carried out both written and unwritten and have sanctions, so that the entry into force of these rules can be forced or coercive and binding for all the people of Indonesia. The most obvious form of manifestation of legal sanctions appear in criminal law. In criminal law there are various forms of crimes and violations, one of the crimes listed in the criminal law, namely the crime of Human Trafficking is often perpetrated against women and children. Human Trafficking is any act of trafficking offenders that contains one or more acts, the recruitment, transportation between regions and countries, alienation, departure, reception. With the threat of the use of verbal and physical abuse, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of a position of vulnerability, example when a person has no other choice, isolated, drug dependence, forest traps, and others, giving or receiving of payments or benefits women and children used for the purpose of prostitution and sexual exploitation. These crimes often involving women and children into slavery. Trafficking in persons is a modern form of human slavery and is one of the worst forms of violation of human dignity (Public Company Act No. 21 of 2007, on the Eradication of Trafficking in Persons). Crime human trafficking crime has been agreed by the international community as a form of human rights violation.  

scholarly journals Re-defining gender as a heinous crime: A case study from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies

2020 ◽  
pp. 095792652097721
Author(s):  
Janaina Negreiros Persson
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Public Hearing ◽  
Rhetorical Invention ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core

In this article, we explore how the discourses around gender are evolving at the core of Brazilian politics. Our focus lies on the discourses at the public hearing on the bill 3.492/19, which aimed at including “gender ideology” on the list of heinous crimes. We aim to identify the deputies’ linguistic representation of social actors as pertaining to in- and outgroups. In addition, the article analyzes through Critical Discourse Analysis how the terminology gender is represented in this particular hearing. The analysis shows how some of the conservative parliamentarians give a clearly negative meaning to the term gender, by labeling it “gender ideology” and additionally connecting it with heinous crimes. We propose that the re-signification of “gender ideology,” from rhetorical invention to heinous crime, is not only an attempt to undermine scientific gender studies but also a way for conservative deputies to gain more political power.

Business and Human Rights – Recent Trends in Germany

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Marlen Vesper-Gräske
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legislative Action ◽  
Business And Human Rights ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Corporate Social

There is an undeniable, growing trend in the current Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) discussions: the responsibility of corporations to abide by and to protect human rights. This discussion includes potential criminal liability for corporations as well as their management for human rights violations. This article will survey the legal status quo of corporate responsibility in the context of human rights protection in Germany. It will then outline two drafts of legislation: a first draft leaked to the press in February 2019 that did not result in further legislative action, and a second draft recently leaked to the public that included key points for such a legislation to become the new German Human Rights Supply Chain Due Diligence Law.

scholarly journals Media framing of human trafficking

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-62
Author(s):  
Anđelija Đukić
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Media

In recent decades, there has been notably increased engagement of the international community in combating human trafficking, which has also been contributed by the media. The role of the media is reflected in building certain public attitudes and influencing political decision-making. Based on the selected literature, the paper considers the media framing of human trafficking from the 1990s to the present. The media decides on how to approach trafficking, content and causes, information sources, generating and presenting alternative solutions process, as well as motivational procedures for initiating actions of the public and politicians, thus creating diagnostic, prognostic and motivational frames. Based on the research, it is concluded that media frames of human trafficking are not holistic but segmental, and instead of a comprehensive approach, stereotypes are presented in which trafficking is identified with sexual exploitation or considered as the consequence of migration or organized crime actions. This harms the victims, makes the identification of all perpetrators difficult, and narrows the focus of the suppression efforts. It is noted that in the relations between the media, the public and the authorities, in the process of creating a policy and implementing solutions for combating, there are significant influences of policy-makers on media framing, and thus on public attitudes, which provides support and legitimacy of current or future political decisions. In order to illustrate the diversity of media representation of human trafficking, as a COM-plex phenomenon and the possibility of different analyses of media framing, the main findings of several studies in the USA, EU, and Serbia are presented.

The evolution of human trafficking messaging in the United States and its effect on public opinion

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tabitha Bonilla ◽  
Cecilia Hyunjung Mo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Public Response ◽  
The Public ◽  
Security Problem ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractDespite a near unanimous agreement that human trafficking is a morally reprehensible practice, there is confusion around what qualifies as human trafficking in the United States. Adopting a mixed-method strategy, we examine how human trafficking is defined by the public; how contemporary (mis)understanding of human trafficking developed; and the public opinion consequence of this (mis)understanding. The definition of human trafficking has evolved over time to become nearly synonymous with slavery; however, we demonstrate that media and anti-trafficking organisations have been focussing their attention on the sexual exploitation of foreign women. We show that general public opinion reflects this skewed attention; the average citizen equates human trafficking with the smuggling of women for sexual slavery. Using a survey experiment, we find that shining light on other facets of human trafficking – the fact that human trafficking is a security problem and a domestic issue – can increase public response to the issue.

scholarly journals LACK OF EDUCATION AND INFORMATION AS A CAUSE OF TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-62
Author(s):  
JELENA MATIJAŠEVIĆ ◽  
JOKO DRAGOJLOVIĆ
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Security Level ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
The Core ◽  
Trafficking In Women

Trafficking of women for sexual exploitation, as one of the most common forms of human trafficking, affects all countries regardless of the level of development, and all social groups, regardless of financial security, level of education, and other important parameters. Having in mind the core problems that victims of human trafficking (especially women) face, this paper, in addition to a general review of the causes of human trafficking and general observations on trafficking in women and elements of sexual exploitation, focuses on one of the most important causes of trafficking in women for sexual exploitation in modern society. We are talking, of course, about the lack of education and information. There is no doubt that education and information are very important factors in preventing the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation. The development of the preventive concept of meaningful education and information concerning women, who are very often a socially, culturally, economically, and politically vulnerable category, must not be neglected. Also, a systematic approach to education, thorough information of professionals in the field of protection of (potential) victims of trafficking and social workers, should be of key importance, for society to systematically oppose the phenomenon of trafficking.

Tort Law Directions

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Bermingham ◽  
Carol Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Tort Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Recent Case ◽  
Legal Knowledge ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
The Core ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Core Areas ◽  
The Subject

Without assuming prior legal knowledge, books in the Directions series introduce and guide readers through key points of law and legal debate. Questions, diagrams, and exercises help readers to engage fully with each subject and check their understanding as they progress. This book covers all the core areas of tort law, combining an engaging approach with plenty of learning features. It provides a detailed introduction to the key principles of tort law, and illustrates the points of law through discussions of important court cases. Key cases are discussed to illustrate the main principles of tort law; they help to bring the subject to life, allowing students to see how the law operates in practice. This new edition of the text includes increased focus on the influence of human rights on tort law. It is fully updated with recent case law highlighting how quickly tort law is developing particularly.

In Heidegger's Shadow: Hannah Arendt's Phenomenological Humanism

1984 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis P. Hinchman ◽  
Sandra K. Hinchman
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Martin Heidegger ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
The Public ◽  
Fundamental Ontology ◽  
The Core

Hannah Arendt's political theory gains in clarity and resonance when it is placed in the context of German phenomenology and Existenz philosophy. In this essay, the authors examine the points of contact (on the level of ideas rather than personal ties) between Arendt and Martin Heidegger. The argument holds that Arendt followed Heidegger in grafting traditional humanism onto an untraditional, self-consciously antimetaphysical body of thought. Yet almost from the beginning, she struck out in a direction peculiarly her own, seeking to escape a certain contemplative aloofness and remoteness from public affairs which she sensed in Heidegger's fundamental ontology. Against Heidegger, Arendt tried to show that the core values of human rights and dignity cannot be sustained unless one explicitly recognizes the “plurality” of human life and the importance of the public realm in revealing who we are as individuals.

scholarly journals THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AS A UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHT

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojana HAJDINI ◽  
◽  
Ada GUVEN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Key Words ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Pursuit Of Happiness ◽  
Human Right ◽  
The Public ◽  
Institutional Resources

The article aims to give a brief review of the concept of the pursuit of happiness, its’ meaning and the role of individuals and the state that can contribute to the achievement of individual happiness by providing the legal, financial, and institutional resources. Further the article analyze the first constitutions that specifically foreseen the pursue of happiness in their provisions and argued that constantly remind the public institutions of the intentions in respecting the natural, unalienable, and sacred human rights that are necessary for the maintenance of order and the happiness of all. In the last part of the article we have studied some of the modern European constitutions and concluded that in difference from the Declarations of two centuries before, the term of happiness has been replaced with a list of rights that implicitly oblige governments to secure to all of its’ citizens extended quality of happiness. Key words: pursuit of happiness, human rights, constitution

scholarly journals Modern-day slavery, human rights and the sex industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Chrismas ◽  
Brandi Chrismas
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Sex Trafficking ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Sex Industry ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sex Slavery ◽  
The Government ◽  
Modern Day Slavery

This article explores the sex industry in Canada as modern-day slavery and an ongoing violation of basic human rights. Some argue that the sex industry is something that women or children choose to do as a legitimate profession, and others argue that they are exploited and manipulated by other people for indebtedness, for clothing, food, shelter or to support substance or alcohol addictions. How should the laws around sex trafficking and sexual exploitation be designed? The government could be in a position to legally ensure dignity and human rights protection for those engaged in selling sex. This paper highlights the perspectives of survivors of the sex industry as they describe heart-wrenching experiences that include torture, physical threats, psychological fear, and manipulation. As the public discourse grows around this ongoing scourge, momentum for change is also growing. There have been numerous efforts to address, disrupt, and end this social scourge. Our awareness of modern-day sex slavery atrocities seems to coincide with a greater sense of respect for fundamental human rights and a desire to protect them.

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