Trafficking and Human Security

Incorporating the concept of human security in national legal responses to trafficking in persons

In his paper, Mohamed Y. Mattar, from John Hopkins University, suggests that that trafficking in persons, especially women and children, should be analysed as a violation of human rights, including the right to security. Mattar shifts the focus of consideration from international legal responses to how national legal systems incorporate the concept of human security in designing legal responses to trafficking in persons. He suggests that the trafficking in persons should be considered a crime against the individual, instead of the crime against state and the focus should be shifted.

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