3. Current Approaches
In 2003, The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children which supplements the 2000 UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Parties subject to the protocol must take action to punish traffickers, aid their victims and grant victims residency – temporary or permanent - in the destination countries. The protocol was designed as a law enforcement tool, unlike other treaties that mainly function as motivation for state self-improvement King, “International Law and Human Trafficking.”. As of December 2017, 122 countries have ratified this protocol in a global effort to curb human trafficking.
Other international efforts to address human trafficking are the Palermo
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In theory, all victims’ rights are equal, however sex trafficking has been sensationalized in media. The resulting hierarchy of victims creates a stereotypical narrative of the undeserving male illegal alien worker versus the more deserving blameless poor girl brought in for sex work against her will . With the existing system, many victims are missing out on the protections of the laws in place, as they are overlooked by the US government. The current system rids non-ideal trafficked victims of the available aid. It also ignores the overlap that can exist between these separated trafficking forms as some forced domestic workers are also forced to partake in sexual activity, regardless of …show more content…
According to Haddadin and Klímová-Alexander, treaties dealing with slavery and the slave trade; forced labor; child labor; the rights of women; the rights of children, migrant workers, and persons with disabilities, as well as more general treaties dealing with civil and political rights or economic, social, and cultural rights, are all applicable to trafficking . On the international stage, there are inconsistences among countries on what constitutes human trafficking, which makes collaboration difficult for countries