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- Title
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT: PALERMO PROTOCOL AND THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT.
- Authors
Shoaps, Laura L.
- Abstract
With over 27 million individuais enslaved worldwide, human trafficking has increasingly commanded international attention, yet countless traffickers are simultaneously evading identification. The international community shaped our understanding of human trafficking with the enactment of the Palermo Protocol. The United States contributed to this framework by legislating the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. This Comment explores how effectively these two instruments frame our conceptualization of trafficking victims and balance the shared goals of preventing trafficking, protecting victims, and prosecuting traffickers. It further examines the role the United States plays in shaping international human trafficking standards through its annual release of the Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Report and President Obama's Executive Order Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts. This Comment draws attention to the downfalls of narrowly conceptualizing trafficking victims and prioritizing prosecution over victim protection, while looking optimistically forward at how the use of sanctions as an enforcement mechanism could be efficaciously undertaken through the Executive Order.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HUMAN trafficking laws; HUMAN trafficking victims; HUMAN trafficking (International law); PROSECUTION
- Publication
Lewis & Clark Law Review, 2013, Vol 17, Issue 3, p931
- ISSN
1557-6582
- Publication type
Article