Domestic & Foreign Policy Responses to the Problem of Human Trafficking

AbstractThis article examines the legal and policy responses of the Nigerian government and other agencies to human trafficking, which is one of the central social and economic challenges facing the country today. After exploring the nature and dimensions of the practice, it argues that Nigeria's unenviable position as a country of origin, transit and destination in human trafficking, as well as the impact of the practice on the lives of the victims and adverse implications for the country's corporate image, make it imperative that effective measures are adopted to combat it. In this respect, while accepting that legal measures are important in achieving the objective, the article highlights some deficiencies in current efforts and suggests a multidimensional approach, with greater emphasis on the “push” and “pull” factors of human trafficking prevalent in the country, such as high levels of unemployment, poverty, inequality and marginalization.

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Cross-Border Migration and Human Trafficking in Ethiopia: Contributing Factors, Policy Responses and the Way Forward

Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences ◽

10.1007/s40647-018-0218-y ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 93-116

Author(s):

Messay M. Tefera

Keyword(s):

Human Trafficking ◽

Contributing Factors ◽

Policy Responses ◽

Cross Border ◽

The Way

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International Terrorism: A Survey of Foreign Policy Responses

The Australian Quarterly ◽

10.2307/20635381 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 257

Author(s):

Andrew Selth

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

International Terrorism ◽

Policy Responses

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Feeding the beast : macroeconomic drivers of leadership responses to foreign policy action and the gendered consequences for human trafficking

10.32469/10355/69973 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

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Katherine Jeanette Elizabeth Perry

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Human Trafficking ◽

International System ◽

Safety Net ◽

Government Support ◽

Social Program ◽

Military Force ◽

Policy Action ◽

Target State ◽

Program Support

How do the gendered macroeconomic and macropolitical structures of the international system exacerbate the rise in human trafficking? In this dissertation project, I use a mixed method approach to examine the relationship between domestic leadership responses to foreign policy actions and how those responses lead to rises in human trafficking in the target state. I begin with cross-national, quantitative models to illustrate that following two different types of foreign policy action, namely, economic sanctions and military force, domestic leaders are driven by the macropolitical interstate system to choose between hoarding finite resources among elites within the target state or redistributing those resources among the populace. I argue that when leaders choose to hoard resources, the populace suffers from lack of social program support and women are particularly vulnerable under such conditions. Leadership focus on self-preservation reduces government support for public programs such as anti-trafficking policy. The populace is then much more likely to choose illicit economic activities such as human trafficking to survive and without support for anti-trafficking in the target state, human trafficking flourishes. The macroeconomic structure of global capitalism relies on cheap labor and cheap goods which specifically reduces the options for women under times of financial duress, and women will suffer significantly as government spending on safety net programs is reduced. I support the quantitative results using a qualitative case study on Indonesia, which I develop using historical documents and resources. Ultimately, this project highlights the importance of developing anti-trafficking policies that do more than punish individual perpetrators but instead, acknowledge the negative impacts of the macroeconomic and macropolitical structures in international relations and how those structures significantly harm women throughout the world.

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A Desultory Defense of Democracy: OAS Resolution 1080 and the Inter-American Democratic Charter

Latin American Politics and Society ◽

10.1111/j.1548-2456.2006.tb00357.x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 48 (03) ◽

pp. 93-123 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Barry S. Levitt

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

International Relations ◽

Domestic Politics ◽

State Behavior ◽

Member States ◽

Policy Responses ◽

Collective Response ◽

Competing Hypotheses ◽

Multilateral Diplomacy

AbstractThis article evaluates the effectiveness of OAS mechanisms for safeguarding democracy through multilateral diplomacy, what some scholars have dubbed the interamerican defense of democracy regime. Drawing on a range of international relations theories, this study derives competing hypotheses about member states' responses to democratic crises in the Americas. It then analyzes all instances in which a collective response—that is, an application of Resolution 1080 or the Inter-American Democratic Charter—was debated in the OAS between 1991 and 2002. Patterns of state behavior suggest that domestic politics, rather than the structural or systemic traits of the interamerican system, best explain foreign policy responses to crises of democracy in the region. The OAS record in confronting such crises is uneven.

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