ABSTRACT Human trafficking is the trade of humans, most commonly for the purpose of slavery, forced labor, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This unjustified trade and exploitation of human beings in the 21st century reflects a sad state of affairs which confirms that the greatest ethical challenge facing the globe today is human trafficking. It portrays a contrasting picture of inequality among equals with regard to the right of every individual over his or her life
WHAT MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING? Human trafficking is defined as” the act where people are illegally transported from one country or area to another, basically for purposes of forced labour or commercial sexual exploitation”. Human trafficking is a serious crime and violation to human rights. Each year, thousands of people; men, women and children, fall into the hands of traffickers from within their own countries and abroad. This problem is widespread across nations
one of the factors that can lead to high rate of a trafficking activities especially in child and sex trafficking. According to UNHCR (2011), on Malaysia, it has stated that the government does not fully comply with the minimum standards to eliminate trafficking, even so reported that the government is making significant efforts to curtail human trafficking. A part from that, The federal government United States has prioritized human trafficking particularly in women and children prosecution and
Einstein Human Trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labour, organs removal, commercial sex exploitation and economic exploitation. Normally, trafficking is done by threat, compulsion, abduction, fraud, misleading, abuse of power, vulnerability, giving payments or benefits to a person in control of the victim .Trafficking in person is a serious crime and dignified violation of human rights . Most of people nowadays do not know that human slavery still
FACTORS PROMPTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING Human trafficking is a contemporary form of slavery. It is also termed as modern slavery, which is very much prevalent in today’s world. The increasing rate of human trafficking worldwide implies the serious loss of human rights and the continuing marginalization of women’s roles in the society. It is because mostly women become victimised due to this modern form of slavery. There are several factors which have accelerated the rate of trafficking. Following are some
types of harassment which women face. India has always been a patriarchal society therefore most women have faced humiliation, torture, exploitation, or some sort of harassment. Atrocities cause mental as well as physical harm which can leave permanent damage or can majorly affect the health of the victim. There is an immense amount of discrimination which women face whether it is in regards to household matters, education, society, politics,
violence and increase the crime rate in the community. Prostitution means the act of practice of engaging, and an act of selling one’s body for any type of sexual intercourse in exchange for money. In ancient Greek, prostitution is not to be contempt because of the prostitutes’ dedication to the Gods or Goodness of the priests. It began many centuries ago, as a way to service the Gods. Today prostitution has become more and more open to the extent
violence. It can happen in a complicated and organized manner, referred to as organized crime, often related to drugs, kidnappings and arms trafficking. Economic violence tends to take any of the following main forms: Street theft, robbery and crime; Armed robbery; Kidnapping; Drug-trafficking; Dealing in small-arms; Killing and rape committed in the course of an economic crime type of assault; Human trafficking for prostitution; Conflict over scarce
Our society has many troubles these days but lots of them go without notice or overlooked as less important. One of the most profitable businesses in the world is human trafficking, with a multi-billion dollar profit. People are trafficked for different reasons such as; use for their businesses, labor, and sex. Sadly, this has gone on for so long and it looks like there are no plans of stopping because it's easy to slide this illegal crime under the radar. With the big rise of social media, it
which it treats its children.” As late South African president Nelson Mandela once said, children reflect the way society assists them preparing for the future, however, there are cases of children who fall victim to the horrendous tradition of child trafficking. According to Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children , child trafficking is defined as “the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of children for the purpose of exploitation