The human rights-based approach to human trafficking in international law: an analysis from a victim protection perspective
- ISBN: 9788491238973
- Editorial: Marcial Pons, Ediciones Jurídicas y Sociales
- Fecha de la edición: 2020
- Lugar de la edición: Madrid. España
- Colección: Premios AEPDIRI
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 409
- Idiomas: Inglés
As opposed to the traditional law enforcement and immigration control perspective, the «human rights-based approach» (HRBA) to human trafficking puts the rights of trafficked persons at the centre of anti-trafficking strategies. What does this approach effectively mean and require? Is it sufficiently reflected in the current international law regime? Do international judicial and non-judicial bodies effectively contribute to its development? After identifying the constitutive elements of this approach as initially developed within the UN in the context of development cooperation and then applied to trafficking, this book examines whether the HRBA is properly reflected in the key elements of the victim protection regime: identification, protection, assistance, right to remain and repatriation. It provides a detailed analysis of the extent to which international instruments and international bodies’ pronouncements truly integrate this approach.
The author highlights the good practices but also the existing dysfunctions in universal and regional instruments and case law and in States’ practice, which often result not only in the lack of adequate
protection for victims, but also in the ineffectiveness of anti-trafficking policies. She also highlights the major contributions of a HRBA, which include how this approach broadens and clarifies
the scope States’ obligations in this area, and its key role as a cross cutting paradigm of international law that contributes to the convergence of separate international law regimes.
PALABRAS PREVIAS, por Caterina García Segura
FOREWORD, by Rosario Huesa Vinaixa
TABLE OF COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH AND ITS LEVEL OF INCORPORATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
1. The concept of human rights-based approach: origins and core elements
2. Relevant anti-trafficking instruments and the extent to which they incorporate the human rights-based approach
CHAPTER II
THE IDENTIFICATION OF TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
Introduction
1. The obligation to identify victims
2. Elements of a timely and accurate identification
3. Conclusions on a human rights-based approach to identification
CHAPTER III
VICTIM PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE
Introduction
1. Non-punishment of trafficking victims
2. Non-conditionality and non-coercion in the provision of protection and assistance
3. Right to information and consular assistance
4. Recovery and reflection period
5. Protection from further harm and the right to privacy
6. Assistance and reintegration
7. Conclusions on a HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH to protection and assistance
CHAPTER IV
RIGHT TO REMAIN AND TO A SAFE REPATRIATION
Introduction
1. Residence permits
2. International protection
3. Repatriation
4. Conclusions on a human rights-based approach to trafficking victims’ right to remain and to a safe repatriation
CONCLUSIONS
1. The theoretical framework that underpins the human rights-based approach to trafficking
2. The degree of incorporation of the human rights-based approach into international anti-trafficking standards on victim protection
3. The effects of the human rights-based approach on the scope of States’ obligations related to victim protection
4. The effects of the human rights-based approach on the interaction and convergence between international law regimes
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
III Premio AEPDIRI «Adolfo Miaja de la Muela» a la Mejor Tesis Doctoral en Derecho Internacional Público
Palabras previas, por Caterina García Segura
Foreword, by Rosario Huesa Vinaixa
