In recent years there have been few topics garnering as much widespread interest as trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants. These issues have attracted the attention of Governments, NGOs, International Organizations, the media as well as academia. While this attention tends to provoke vivid discussions in political circles, social networks and other media platforms, there is still much to be learned with regards to trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants, the difference between them and their implications.

The 14 modules on trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants provide academics with a practically oriented, though still theoretically grounded, tool to teach on these issues. Thanks to the input received from more than 100 academics from all around the world, the modules' contents are substantively robust. This strength is reinforced with a series of illustrative examples and exercises aimed at generating debates and consolidating knowledge among students. Given the considerable safety risks posed by trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants and the related need to ensure that perpetrators are made accountable, the course relies heavily on a legal approach, acknowledging the importance of clarifying concepts and employing rigorous terminology. This notwithstanding, the course is also grounded in a multidisciplinary methodology, recognising that the complexity of the trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling phenomena extends beyond the legal realm. Consequently, a comprehensive understanding of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants is not possible without the convergence of various disciplines, expertise and perspectives, including the historical, economic, social, political, and gender prisms, that were all considered in developing the course.

Terms of Use and Disclaimers

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Russian

promotional video: Introducing Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants

Introducing trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants

 

promotional video: Technology and Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants

Technology and Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants

 

promotional video: What is behind migrant smuggling

What is behind migrant smuggling?

 

promotional video: Human Rights and TIP and SOM

Human rights in the context of human trafficking and migrant smuggling

 

promotional video: A Gender-Responsive Approach to Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling

A Gender-Responsive Approach to Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling

 

The following modules are available online:

• Teaching Guide
• Module 1: Migrant Smuggling as a Specific Crime Type
• Module 2: Protection of the Rights of Smuggled Migrants
• Module 3: Criminal Justice Response to Smuggling of Migrants
• Module 4: Prevention and Non-Criminal Justice Responses to Smuggling of Migrants
• Module 5: Smuggling of Migrants in the Broader Context of Migration and its Drivers
• Module 6: Defining the Concept of Trafficking in Persons
• Module 7: Prevention of Trafficking in Persons
• Module 8: A Human-Rights Based Approach to Trafficking in Persons
• Module 9: Criminal Justice Response to Trafficking in Persons
• Module 10: The Role of Civil Society and the Private Sector in Countering Trafficking in Persons
• Module 11: Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons - Differences and Commonalities
• Module 12: Children in Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants
• Module 13: Gender Dimension in Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons
• Module 14: Links between Cybercrime, Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants

The modules are available in Spanish and French; selected modules are also available in Arabic, Portuguese and Russian; the translation process is ongoing.