Legal Studies Assessment: Human Trafficking and Slavery
Jamie Fitzgerald | Legal Studies Assessment | Human Trafficking & Slavery |
3/26/2011 |
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is as described by Wikipedia as the illegal trade in humans for the use of sexual exploitation or forced labor.
Human Rights is considered as modern-day slavery. The responses and effectiveness of legal & non-legal responses have varied.
The exact extent of the growth of the industry is unknown due to the illegal methods of trafficking and differentiation in methods.
Human Trafficking is illegal in Australia under Division 270 of the Criminal Code (Commonwealth). An amendment was made in 1999, and it implemented the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.
The annual report released by the Australian Federal Police in 2008/2009 stated they had sponsored 146 people into the “Support for victims of People Trafficking Program” which is sponsored by the Office For Women within the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs
Several offenses relating to human trafficking were added to the Criminal Code in 2005 with the Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons Offences) Act 2005 (Cth)
The amendment inserted human trafficking and debt bondage offences into the Commonwealth Criminal Code and amended the existing provisions related to recruiting for sexual services. The amendments reflected the growing recognition that people trafficking is not a problem which is limited to the sex industry.
Section 270 of the Criminal Code includes offences and maximum sentences for: * slavery (25 years) * sexual servitude (15 years) * Deceptive recruitment for sexual servitude (seven years).
Section 271 of the Criminal Code includes offences and maximum sentences for: * trafficking in persons (12 years) * trafficking in children (25 years) * domestic trafficking in persons (12 years) * Debt bondage
3/26/2011 |
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is as described by Wikipedia as the illegal trade in humans for the use of sexual exploitation or forced labor.
Human Rights is considered as modern-day slavery. The responses and effectiveness of legal & non-legal responses have varied.
The exact extent of the growth of the industry is unknown due to the illegal methods of trafficking and differentiation in methods.
Human Trafficking is illegal in Australia under Division 270 of the Criminal Code (Commonwealth). An amendment was made in 1999, and it implemented the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.
The annual report released by the Australian Federal Police in 2008/2009 stated they had sponsored 146 people into the “Support for victims of People Trafficking Program” which is sponsored by the Office For Women within the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs
Several offenses relating to human trafficking were added to the Criminal Code in 2005 with the Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons Offences) Act 2005 (Cth)
The amendment inserted human trafficking and debt bondage offences into the Commonwealth Criminal Code and amended the existing provisions related to recruiting for sexual services. The amendments reflected the growing recognition that people trafficking is not a problem which is limited to the sex industry.
Section 270 of the Criminal Code includes offences and maximum sentences for: * slavery (25 years) * sexual servitude (15 years) * Deceptive recruitment for sexual servitude (seven years).
Section 271 of the Criminal Code includes offences and maximum sentences for: * trafficking in persons (12 years) * trafficking in children (25 years) * domestic trafficking in persons (12 years) * Debt bondage