Human Trafficking And Slavery
Carly DeLucia
Human Trafficking The nature and extent of the issue
Human trafficking and slavery is moving people through deceptive means, coercion or force. Slavery is acting as if the people are property and control their actions. People are trafficked for a wide variety of reasons : servitude, slavery, forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage, or organ harvesting. In 2012 the UN Office on Drugs and Crime estimated that over 2.4 million had been trafficked across borders, which doesn’t even include the people trafficked within their own countries. Although it affects both men and women, it is majority women who are being trafficked and the number of children being trafficked is increasing. Trafficking is an issue in nearly every country of the world. However, Australia is …show more content…
Although most countries have the legislation for trafficking there are still very few convictions. Almost a fifth of these countries have had no convictions at all. The amount of convictions is actually decreasing which shows how the justice systems are not responding appropriately to the trafficking of persons. In 2013 the Australian Government passed the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Slavery, Slaverylike
Conditions and People Trafficking) Act 2013 (Cth). Some penalties of this include up to 25 years imprisonment. This amended the Criminal Code and added new offences of forced labour, forced marriage and organ trafficking. They have also dedicated $60 million to help this issue be overcome. Australia has not just increased the budget for this issue but has also introduced victim support measures and a targeted Communication Awareness STrategy providing information and help. However, some disadvantages are that victims of these crimes are being deported before they have the chance to testify, making prosecution very difficult. Nonlegal …show more content…
Another NGO is The
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women. It is a network of many organisations around the world who share a deep concern for the women, children and men whose human rights have been violated by human traffickers. GAATW claims to apply a Human Rights Based Approach to address trafficking issues. They acknowledge the equality for all persons to exercise their human rights and don’t discriminate on any grounds.
Future Directions
In the future, the population needs to become more aware of the issue of human trafficking. If people can see the signs more clearly than it is possible that trafficking can be reduced. Also if people are taught how to handle the situation if they are a victim people may have a better chance of survival or to help prosecution. In Australian law reform should be made to stop the victims of these crimes from being deported before they have the chance to testify. In these instances, many cases lose because the lack of important witnesses. The punishment for these crimes or association with these crimes can also be increased to help deter some
Human Trafficking The nature and extent of the issue
Human trafficking and slavery is moving people through deceptive means, coercion or force. Slavery is acting as if the people are property and control their actions. People are trafficked for a wide variety of reasons : servitude, slavery, forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage, or organ harvesting. In 2012 the UN Office on Drugs and Crime estimated that over 2.4 million had been trafficked across borders, which doesn’t even include the people trafficked within their own countries. Although it affects both men and women, it is majority women who are being trafficked and the number of children being trafficked is increasing. Trafficking is an issue in nearly every country of the world. However, Australia is …show more content…
Although most countries have the legislation for trafficking there are still very few convictions. Almost a fifth of these countries have had no convictions at all. The amount of convictions is actually decreasing which shows how the justice systems are not responding appropriately to the trafficking of persons. In 2013 the Australian Government passed the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Slavery, Slaverylike
Conditions and People Trafficking) Act 2013 (Cth). Some penalties of this include up to 25 years imprisonment. This amended the Criminal Code and added new offences of forced labour, forced marriage and organ trafficking. They have also dedicated $60 million to help this issue be overcome. Australia has not just increased the budget for this issue but has also introduced victim support measures and a targeted Communication Awareness STrategy providing information and help. However, some disadvantages are that victims of these crimes are being deported before they have the chance to testify, making prosecution very difficult. Nonlegal …show more content…
Another NGO is The
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women. It is a network of many organisations around the world who share a deep concern for the women, children and men whose human rights have been violated by human traffickers. GAATW claims to apply a Human Rights Based Approach to address trafficking issues. They acknowledge the equality for all persons to exercise their human rights and don’t discriminate on any grounds.
Future Directions
In the future, the population needs to become more aware of the issue of human trafficking. If people can see the signs more clearly than it is possible that trafficking can be reduced. Also if people are taught how to handle the situation if they are a victim people may have a better chance of survival or to help prosecution. In Australian law reform should be made to stop the victims of these crimes from being deported before they have the chance to testify. In these instances, many cases lose because the lack of important witnesses. The punishment for these crimes or association with these crimes can also be increased to help deter some