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Cherif Bassiouni, Daniel Rothenberg, Ethel Higonnet, Cynthia Farenga, Augustus Invictus (2010)
Addressing International Human Trafficking in Women and Children for Commercial Sexual Exploitation in the 21st centuryRelations Internationales, 81
[This book describes the trends and nature of trafficking in persons in West Africa, and identifies the contributing factors that reinforce the situation of labor and sexual exploitation in the region. Ultimately this writing also explores states effort to fulfill their international obligations in developing anti-trafficking legislations to achieve the liberation of people kept in bondage. However, the failures of states to carry out prosecutions of offenders and ensure protection of the victims reveal that the law itself is not a sufficient instrument for realizing human rights and improving people’s lives. Face with the sobering background of less than successful efforts by governmental entities to end the trade in humans, this research study recommends adopting the Church social teaching which rests on the inherent dignity of human being to developing political, socio-cultural, and religious reforms that will increase the effectiveness of existing legislation designed to combat trafficking. This faith-based approach highlights the important role that religions play in fulfilling the discretionary provisions of the Palermo Protocol by promoting the welfare and protecting the life and human dignity of the victims. Additionally, religion develops sound moral ethics that determine people's behavior to refrain from the criminal conduct of trafficking. It creates also a sense of ethical responsibility which gets down to consumer demand, supply chain proofing to promote ethical purchasing or advocating social reforms and anti-trafficking legislations initiatives. In fact, this holistic and spiritual approach may be a model for other regions and the world. This research would be of interest to law and policy makers, law enforcement agents, academics and scholars interested in the field of trafficking.]
Published: Feb 2, 2022
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