Trafficking in human beings : modern slavery / Silvia Scarpa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scarpa, Silvia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human trafficking--Prevention--International cooperation.

Human trafficking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text analyses the various international legal instruments regulating people trafficking including treaties, 'soft law' and the definition contained in the UN Trafficking Protocol, and argues that trafficking in persons ought rightly to be considered a part of jus cogens.

Contents:

Trafficking in persons as one of the XXI century's new forms of slavery

The international abolition of slavery and the slave trade and the action against trafficking in human beings

Trafficking victim's protection in international human rights, criminal and labour law

The fight against trafficking in persons and victim's protection in the Council of Europe

The European Union and trafficking in persons : from traffickers' prosecution to victims' protection?

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-222) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-171546-8

1-283-58199-X

9786613894441

0-19-156212-2

OCLC:

422596022