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Dimitri Herard, the head of the palace guard is the subject of a US law enforcement investigation into arms trafficking in Haiti.
Hotels have taken steps to combat human trafficking by training employees to identify and report suspected cases of human trafficking.
Since the signing of the UN Trafficking Protocol, anti-trafficking laws, policies and other initiatives have been implemented at the local, national and regional levels. These activities have received little scholarly attention. This volume aims to begin to fill this gap by documenting the micro-processes through which an anti-trafficking framework has been translated, implemented and resisted in mainland and island Southeast Asia. The detailed ethnographic accounts in this collection examine the everyday practices of the diverse range of actors involved in trafficking-like practices and in anti-trafficking initiatives. In demonstrating how the anti-trafficking framework has become influential - and even over-determining - in some border sites and yet remains mostly irrelevant in others, the chapters in this collection explore the complex connections between labour migration, migrant smuggling and human trafficking.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Monday that he will introduce legislation calling for a study on the effects of a recent sex-trafficking law on free speech and the safety of sex workers. The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act and Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Acts, collectively known as FOSTA-SESTA, make it illegal…
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The 1996 law Section 230 is widely seen as a foundation of the Internet economy.
Mexico City lawmakers have voted to decriminalize sex work in the capital, pledging that it is an important first step in tackling sex trafficking and recognizing the rights of sex
Organ trafficking, a lucrative global illicit trade, is often a lesser discussed form of human trafficking among anti-human trafficking stakeholders due to its intricate and often stealth nature. Trafficking sex and/or labor are the more commonly thought of forms of human trafficking among public policy leaders and general awareness campaigns. However, organ trafficking holds a critical place with transnational organized crime groups due to high demand and relatively low rates of law enforcement.
The Report Cards on Child & Youth Sex Trafficking support states’ efforts to improve legal protections for child sex trafficking victims.
Book Synopsis Decentering Citizenship follows three groups of Filipina migrants' struggles to belong in South Korea: factory workers claiming rights as workers, wives of South Korean men claiming rights as mothers, and hostesses at American military clubs who are excluded from claims--unless they claim to be victims of trafficking. Moving beyond laws and policies, Hae Yeon Choo examines how rights are enacted, translated, and challenged in daily life and ultimately interrogates the concept of citizenship. Choo reveals citizenship as a language of social and personal transformation within the pursuit of dignity, security, and mobility. Her vivid ethnography of both migrants and their South Korean advocates illuminates how social inequalities of gender, race, class, and nation operate in defining citizenship. Decentering Citizenship argues that citizenship emerges from negotiations about rights and belonging between South Koreans and migrants. As the promise of equal rights and full membership in a polity erodes in the face of global inequalities, this decentering illuminates important contestation at the margins of citizenship. Review Quotes "Decentering Citizenship contributes to the field of critical migration studies by moving beyond the realm of law and policy to examine the spaces of daily life--what Choo calls the 'margins of citizenship'--where questions of migrant rights, entitlements, and belonging are negotiated and reimagined....As the short-term rotation migrant workforce becomes normalized across the world, Hae Yeon Choo's Decentering Citizenship offers us an insightful and well-researched study on the complexities, possibilities, and potential pitfalls of collective efforts to build a polity that enables equal rights and full political membership for migrants."--Yen Le Espiritu, American Journal of Sociology"Decentering Citizenship could be an ideal textbook for courses on international migration and gender at the graduate and undergraduate level"--Pyong Gap Min, Gender & Society"Decentering Citizenship demonstrates the importance of the everyday life and moral community of the migrants as the sites of their rights-claims....Choo's analysis is a rare in-depth and comparative study of migrant activism."--Hyun Ok Park, The Journal of Asian Studies"Decentering Citizenship is an ethnographically rich and analytically cogent book that calls for the recognition of migrants' rights through a reimagination of citizenship...This book will be of interest to those interested in migration, human rights, citizenship, and gendered nationalism. Its engaging stories and clear writing make it suitable for both undergraduate and graduate-level teaching."--Sealing Cheng, Anthropological Research"Decentering Citizenship offers insights into the formation of potential new ethno-racial-national hierarchies in South Korea, as Filipino women push the boundaries of citizenship. Overall, this book offers strong empirical insights on gender, migration, and citizenship."--Helene K. Lee, International Migration Review"Decentering Citizenship sparks numerous directions for new research, paving the way for other researchers to expand migration studies beyond the "imperial centers" and critically examine how global hierarchies are mediated through daily interactions in ways that shape the citizenship-making process. In short, Decentering Citizenship is a groundbreaking and beautifully written book that will attract a wide audience of scholars and students who are interested in international migration, gender inequality, social movements, and labor studies."--Hyeyoung Kwon, Contemporary Sociology"Decentering Citizenship will be an invaluable resource in years to come for those wishing to explore the experience of ethnic minorities in traditionally homogenous countries, particularly in East Asia....Owing to Korea's rapidly aging population, a reliance on migrant labor appears unlikely to diminish. As the effects of Korea's demographic changes are felt more broadly across Korean society, Decentering Citizenship should be regarded as a cornerstone in the studies of their evolving labor market and the changing nature of Korean citizenship."--Robert York, Korean Studies"As South Koreans wrestle with how to incorporate the growing numbers of foreign workers, marriage migrants, and biracial children, they have had to rethink automatic assumptions about citizenship, national belonging, and Korean identity. In Decentering Citizenship, Hae Yeon Choo tackles these important issues through the lens of Filipina migrants residing in South Korea. This rich ethnography is the first to provide such comparative analysis of a fast-growing immigrant population that is reshaping who South Koreans are and what South Korea is. As such, this book should be on the reading list for anyone who wants to better understand the social revolution that is sweeping South Korea today."--Paul Y. Chang, Pacific Affairs"Decentering Citizenship offers a fascinating comparative portrait of three Filipina migrant groups in South Korea. The book is equally a study of domestic advocates of migrants, and of the important effect they have on migrants' well-being. Choo's groundbreaking work will enjoy a wide readership and deserves to be widely taught in undergraduate classes."--Nancy Abelmann, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"This brilliant book examines the timely topic of international migration with an innovative design of comparative research. Choo vividly demonstrates that the political membership of nationhood and the moral community of humanity are reimagined whenever we confront the question of what kinds of foreigners are 'worthy' of being included."--Pei-Chia Lan, National Taiwan University"With verve and sophistication, Choo captures the plurality of experiences of migrant women in South Korea--their multiple voices, triumphs and trials, and the numerous contradictions they face. Decentering Citizenship is at once a fast-paced and engrossing ethnography and an insightful, often brilliant rumination on citizenship, kinship, and human rights."--Namhee Lee, University of California, Los Angeles About the Author Hae Yeon Choo is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Affiliated Faculty of the Asian Institute and the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a Texas law, which would have required book publishers and sellers to provide content ratings for books, is an unconstitutional breech of the First Amendment protection against compelled speech.
Prosecutors and trafficking victims sought a new law which removed barriers to both criminal prosecution and civil suits against websites hosting prostitution ads.
Code 8.7, a two-day conference, brought together computer science researchers and technologists with policy experts, law enforcement officials, activists and survivors involved in the fight against human trafficking
Hundreds Of Johns Arrested In Sex-Trafficking Sting That Culminated On Super Bowl Sunday
The 1986 law including the “100-1” provision passed with overwhelming support. Biden later disavowed the measure, which came to be viewed as one of the most racially slanted federal sentencing policies.
Combating Human Trafficking: Gaps in Policy and Law by Dr Veerendra Mishra, Secretary, Central Adoption Resource Authority, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India.
BOSTON — Laws cracking down on human trafficking are on the books in all 50 states, but convictions are notoriously elusive and state prosecutors haven’t come close to matching the success their fe…
Human trafficking too often goes 'under the radar' of government officials and the police. What can be done to unblock the current impasse?
Anti-child trafficking policies rely on the criminal justice system. A new book argues prevention, not punishment, may be a better way to protect children.
Harvard University believes in due process, just not for those accused of sexual harassment. That, in essence, was the message that the university sent when it published its new sexual harassment guidelines in July. The rules erase the anachronistic system of “due process,” replacing the outdated adversarial model with an inquisitorial system. These are no […]
Although sex trafficking has come into the spotlight just within the last two decades, as a human rights abuse, it’s been around for centuries.
Shari'a councils should not have the right effectively to deny women rights they hold as British citizens under British law. In the end, the biggest problem is that there is no system of external regulation for the councils. There is no legal requirement for them to keep full records of the cases they adjudicate on, no requirement to report to a civil authority with the right to prevent abuses, and not even a requirement for any council to register with a government agency. The Muslim Brotherhood in the US itself listed the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) as one of several organizations who shared their goals, including the destruction of Western civilization and the conversion of the US into a Muslim nation. The "minorities" jurisprudents generally favour a non-violent approach to the encounter of Islam and the West, while retaining a critical stance towards the latter and a conviction that Islam must, in the end, replace it. But on occasion, as in the Middle East, violence is sanctioned.
The Report Cards on Child & Youth Sex Trafficking support states’ efforts to improve legal protections for child sex trafficking victims.
Over the past decade drug laws have increased in number and in punishment severity. Prison sentences for drug trafficking have increased in length and greater numbers of individuals have been incarcerated for violating new, “get tough” drug policies. Yet, we know little about once-active drug traffickers who presently receive longer prison sentences than at any time previously. We know little about their trafficking networks, their modes of connecting with buyers and sellers of drugs, and how their drug use contributes to their dealing. To address these issues, a sample of incarcerated drug traffickers was selected and interviewed. The major findings indicate that: (1) nearly all participants were low-level dealers; (2) they dealt primarily to have access to drugs to which they were addicted; (3) they “drifted” into dealing and neither made conscious decisions to become drug dealers nor had images of themselves as dealers; and (4) although they were low-level drug dealers, the majority received very long prison sentences. This descriptive study adds to our understanding of the character of drug dealing among individuals netted in the on-going war on drugs.
Yes, the law does legalize something that should be illegal in a decent society. The California legislature has legalized child prostitution. This move is the natural product of the culture of death ...
A federal judge has taken a stand against the use of "stingray" -- cell phone baiting surveillance devices used by the police and other government agencies. ...
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President Donald Trump before signing a new law aimed at curbing sex trafficking. The Trump administration has framed many of its crime and immigration policies around combating human trafficking. But the administration has systematically weakened many of the protections for trafficking victims, according to Martina E. Vandenberg, the founder and director of the Human Trafficking Legal Center. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The State Department recently released its annual
