• 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  

 

Student assessment

 

This section provides suggestions for post-class assignments for the purpose of assessing student understanding of the Module. Suggestions for pre-class or in-class assignments are provided in the Exercises section.

Students should write a critical analysis of their national trafficking law, considering inter alia:

• Consistency of national law with the Protocol against Trafficking in Persons and other relevant international legal instruments;
• Potential gaps, uncertainty and shortcomings in the national law;
• How the national law tackles the issues of consent, exploitation and abuse of a position of vulnerability.

It is suggested that essays are not longer than 2500 words.

 

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