For years sex trafficking and child labor has happened in the World. Sex trafficking is a form of modern slavery that exists globally. Sex traffickers use violence, threats, lies, and debt bondage to force women, men, and children to engage in sex against their will. Human trafficking is the illegal movement of people, typically for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. Child labor is the use of children in industries or businesses, especially when illegal or considered inhumane. “Laos is a source, and to a much lesser extent, a transit and destination country for women and girls subjected to sex trafficking, and men, women, and children in conditions of forced labor in factory work, domestic labor, agriculture, and
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The children usually abducted and taken away from their families to be forced into the labor trades. Other times, they voluntarily go to Thailand to work to make money for their families and end up being forced into the labor trades and even sex trades. With women it is more or like the same story. Laos’s women travel to Thailand to work for a living but end up forced into sex markets and prostitution by their employers. Men on the other hand are more or less used like slaves. They are bought for their strength to work at factories and on farms. In all three cases of human trafficking, it is extremely hard for the individual to escape. “80% of people trafficked in Asia successfully escape and return to their homes” (Shelley 149). The 20% of people unable to escape are essentially lost in Asia, never to be seen again by their family and most likely die in the trade markets (Shelley 149). Overall, article twenty-three states that everyone has the right of free choice of employment. Although most human trafficking cases start by the individual deciding to go and work, this article is violated when said person is then taken from their place of employment and forced to work in these labor and sex trades, violating their very right to have a choice in what they do for a
The children usually abducted and taken away from their families to be forced into the labor trades. Other times, they voluntarily go to Thailand to work to make money for their families and end up being forced into the labor trades and even sex trades. With women it is more or like the same story. Laos’s women travel to Thailand to work for a living but end up forced into sex markets and prostitution by their employers. Men on the other hand are more or less used like slaves. They are bought for their strength to work at factories and on farms. In all three cases of human trafficking, it is extremely hard for the individual to escape. “80% of people trafficked in Asia successfully escape and return to their homes” (Shelley 149). The 20% of people unable to escape are essentially lost in Asia, never to be seen again by their family and most likely die in the trade markets (Shelley 149). Overall, article twenty-three states that everyone has the right of free choice of employment. Although most human trafficking cases start by the individual deciding to go and work, this article is violated when said person is then taken from their place of employment and forced to work in these labor and sex trades, violating their very right to have a choice in what they do for a