• E4J University Module Series: Trafficking in Persons & Smuggling of Migrants

• Module 6: Defining the Concept of Trafficking in Persons

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • The crime of trafficking in persons
  • The international legal framework
  • The issue of consent
  • The purpose of exploitation
  • The abuse of a position of vulnerability
  • Indicators of trafficking in persons
  • The distinction between trafficking in persons and other crimes
  • Misconceptions regarding trafficking in persons

• Exercises

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Other resources

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

 

Published in March 2019 

 

 

  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Additional teaching tools

 

This section includes links to relevant teaching aides such as PowerPoint slides and video material, that could help the lecturer teach the issues covered by the Module. Lecturers can adapt the resources to their needs.

Video material

• Survivors of Human Trafficking  (app. 5:30 minutes) by OHCHR.  » Through the dramatic stories of survivors of human trafficking, this short video emphasizes the need for a victim-centred approach to prevent and combat this crime.
• Inside Story - What is Behind the Rising Numbers of Child Soldiers?   (app. 25 minutes) by Al-Jazeera.  » The video provides an overview on the persisting issue of child soldiers, including what should be done to stop this practice.

 

PowerPoint

• Module 6 PowerPoint presentation

 

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