Human Trafficking can be described as a modern form of slavery where people are traded illegally for exploitation or commercial gain (“What is Human Trafficking,” 2015). Human trafficking happens everywhere and it violates a persons basic human rights. Human Trafficking goes against article four in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that, “No one should be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade should be prohibited in all of their forms.” Article 3, paragraph (a) of the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children defines human trafficking as the following:
‘‘The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means …show more content…
The United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), and the European Council have implemented many international documents; these have established a way to incriminate human trafficking crime. (Cochintu, Stoicu, & Tutunaru, 2011). Currently, the United Nations (UN) has numerous regional programs and agencies that are working together to fight against human trafficking. Since these programs are working with the UN, they are all International Governmental Organizations. Intergovernmental organizations are important because they contribute to habits of cooperation, gather information about the issue, and they can help provide a framework for interaction among states (Arreguin-Toft & Mingst, …show more content…
The next step to begin creating international cooperation would be to really push regional enforcement. Incorporating regional and domestic laws on human trafficking have already made an impact on trafficking and would be a possible next step for those countries that are noncompliant with the international law. For example, United States Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (2000), the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (2008), and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Right and Fundamental Freedoms (1950), have all enforced regional and domestic laws and this has created success (King, 2009) Lindsey King also
‘‘The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means …show more content…
The United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), and the European Council have implemented many international documents; these have established a way to incriminate human trafficking crime. (Cochintu, Stoicu, & Tutunaru, 2011). Currently, the United Nations (UN) has numerous regional programs and agencies that are working together to fight against human trafficking. Since these programs are working with the UN, they are all International Governmental Organizations. Intergovernmental organizations are important because they contribute to habits of cooperation, gather information about the issue, and they can help provide a framework for interaction among states (Arreguin-Toft & Mingst, …show more content…
The next step to begin creating international cooperation would be to really push regional enforcement. Incorporating regional and domestic laws on human trafficking have already made an impact on trafficking and would be a possible next step for those countries that are noncompliant with the international law. For example, United States Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (2000), the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (2008), and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Right and Fundamental Freedoms (1950), have all enforced regional and domestic laws and this has created success (King, 2009) Lindsey King also