International Legal Frameworks and Human Trafficking

Author(s): IRC Anti-Trafficking Response
Date: 2025
Topic(s): Introduction to Human Trafficking

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References

Abramson, Kara. 2003. “Beyond Consent, Toward Safeguarding Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations Trafficking Protocol.” Harvard International Law Journal 44 (2):473-502.  

Goździak, E. M., & Vogel, K. M. (2020). Palermo at 20: A Retrospective and Prospective. Journal of Human Trafficking, 6(2), 109–118. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2020.1690117 

Gallagher (2020). The International Law of Human Trafficking. Available at: 9780521191074pre_pi-lx.indd 

King L. (2012). International Law and Human Trafficking. UNDOC. Available at: International Law and Human Trafficking 

Gallagher A. (2011). The International Law of Human Trafficking. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511761065 

OHCHR (2014). International Instruments Concerning TIP. Available at: IntInstrumentsconcerningTraffickingpersons_Aug2014.pdf 

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Available at: LINK. 

ILO Concentions 29, 105 and 182. Available at: LINK 

UN (2010) Reccomended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and TIP. Available at: LINK. 

UN (2014). The International Legal Framework Around Trafficking in Persons. Available at: LINK. 

UN Convention agains Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols. Available at: LINK. 

European Commission (2023). Revision of Directive 2011/36/EUon preventing and combatting trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims This briefing is one in a series of ‘implementation appraisals’.  

Directive (EU) 2024/1712 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims. Directive – EU – 2024/1712 – EN – EUR-Lex 

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. Available at: E:\PUBLAW\PUBL386.106