Human Rights and Human Trafficking: Reflections on the Slovenian Case

Authors

  • Simona Zavratnik

Keywords:

human rights, trafficking in human beings, migration, victim’s perspective, the case of Slovenia

Abstract

The article is based on the paradigm of human rights as the basis for formulating policies against global trafficking in human beings. As a rule, the responses of national policies and intergovernmental organizations involve a migration management strategy based on restrictive border regimes, quotas, and other mechanisms to limit the inflow of migrants and regularize their stay. Instead of the preferred regulatory approach, aimed at protecting the national state, this paper advances human rights protection for the victims of organized criminal activities. “Modern slavery” requires greater sensitization of global policies and commitment to the protection and rights of vulnerable individuals. The paper calls for individualized and gender-specific treatment of human trafficking victims, in particular sex industry victims.

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Author Biography

Simona Zavratnik

Research Fellow, Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kardeljeva ploščad 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana and ZRC SAZU, Slovenian Migration Institute, Novi trg 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana

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2010-01-01

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Zavratnik, S. . (2010). Human Rights and Human Trafficking: Reflections on the Slovenian Case. Two Homelands, (32). Retrieved from https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/twohomelands/article/view/11044

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No. 32 (2010)

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