Sex Trafficking: The 21st Century Struggle Over Slavery
According to the United Nations Human Rights organization human rights are defined as rights inherent to all human beings, whatever their nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status. Across the world human rights are constantly being violated in and out of the spotlight of the news and it is often true that issues due not come completely into the light until either a person in high power is affected by the issue or through the work of an individual or organization. Often issues of human rights occur in front of individuals every day, making it “normal”, causing the issue to not be seen as a violation of human rights. Sex trafficking is one of these issues where it has been around in some form since the beginning of civilization itself. (Hughes) Although 134 countries have instituted laws against sex trafficking, a total of 20.9 million individuals are forced into sexual exploitation are being bought and sold worldwide at this time. (equalitynow.org) As with the situation for racial equality where Martin Luther King Jr. came into action as well as Mohandas Gandhi’s work to protect against British rule, sex trafficking is a violation of human …show more content…
According to the TVPA, sex trafficking is a criminal act when a minor is used for a commercial sex act or force, while fraud or coercion is used to compel an adult (over 18) to perform a commercial sex act. (Hughes) With that said, other forms of sexual assault that do not involve commercial sex trading or similar acts are protected under other laws which include rape. Since sex trafficking became prevalent there have been numerous efforts to eradicate sex trafficking across the
According to the United Nations Human Rights organization human rights are defined as rights inherent to all human beings, whatever their nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status. Across the world human rights are constantly being violated in and out of the spotlight of the news and it is often true that issues due not come completely into the light until either a person in high power is affected by the issue or through the work of an individual or organization. Often issues of human rights occur in front of individuals every day, making it “normal”, causing the issue to not be seen as a violation of human rights. Sex trafficking is one of these issues where it has been around in some form since the beginning of civilization itself. (Hughes) Although 134 countries have instituted laws against sex trafficking, a total of 20.9 million individuals are forced into sexual exploitation are being bought and sold worldwide at this time. (equalitynow.org) As with the situation for racial equality where Martin Luther King Jr. came into action as well as Mohandas Gandhi’s work to protect against British rule, sex trafficking is a violation of human …show more content…
According to the TVPA, sex trafficking is a criminal act when a minor is used for a commercial sex act or force, while fraud or coercion is used to compel an adult (over 18) to perform a commercial sex act. (Hughes) With that said, other forms of sexual assault that do not involve commercial sex trading or similar acts are protected under other laws which include rape. Since sex trafficking became prevalent there have been numerous efforts to eradicate sex trafficking across the