Freedom and personal dignity are extremely valuable possessions. Both give people an opportunity to do what they want, be what they want, and be who they are. Yet, what happen if that freedom is taken away from them, and the dignity has been lost due to undeniable and uncontrollable form of abuse? Throughout human history, vulnerable people have been subjected to become a puppet, wherein their actions and decisions are controlled by others. For this reason, human trafficking keeps on arising and becoming an issue plaguing the entire world. The term human trafficking has been used as a modern terminology for what slavery is called in early centuries. Based on the article “Human Trafficking,” in the year 2000, United Nation stated that the global
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Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy once said, “The essence of all slavery, consists on taking the product of another’s labor, by force.” Way back during ancient times, forced labor was already happening. To illustrate such act, a text in the Bible showed that the country of Egypt forced people of Israel to work non-stop in order to build its growing civilization. Furthermore, Africans, Asians, and Europeans were traded and sold to forcedly work for someone coming from another country, and if they complain, they were physically …show more content…
From the past, conventions were held to discuss the plaguing issue of slavery. The website Free the Slaves provided timeline history of slavery stating that in the period of 1700 to 1900, anti-slavery act were coming into action to abolished slavery. During the year 1910, the International Agreement for the Suppression of “White Slave Traffic” was passed and implemented for the protection of women and children into prostitution. In addition to the law governing human trafficking before is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 4 stating: “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms” (“About Slavery”). Given that there were laws that brought slavery into stop, the past had missed something that the present time has—awareness. Laws today including Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act published in 2000 does not only help to stop human trafficking but also provide awareness of what is happening in the present moment. Unlike before, people now have access to news, books, and periodicals makes them more knowledgeable and more open to fight against this global
Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy once said, “The essence of all slavery, consists on taking the product of another’s labor, by force.” Way back during ancient times, forced labor was already happening. To illustrate such act, a text in the Bible showed that the country of Egypt forced people of Israel to work non-stop in order to build its growing civilization. Furthermore, Africans, Asians, and Europeans were traded and sold to forcedly work for someone coming from another country, and if they complain, they were physically …show more content…
From the past, conventions were held to discuss the plaguing issue of slavery. The website Free the Slaves provided timeline history of slavery stating that in the period of 1700 to 1900, anti-slavery act were coming into action to abolished slavery. During the year 1910, the International Agreement for the Suppression of “White Slave Traffic” was passed and implemented for the protection of women and children into prostitution. In addition to the law governing human trafficking before is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 4 stating: “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms” (“About Slavery”). Given that there were laws that brought slavery into stop, the past had missed something that the present time has—awareness. Laws today including Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act published in 2000 does not only help to stop human trafficking but also provide awareness of what is happening in the present moment. Unlike before, people now have access to news, books, and periodicals makes them more knowledgeable and more open to fight against this global