When I was a child, the world that I used to live in is full of happiness and pureness. There is nothing to worry about as long as those who surround me are happy. A great happiness for me is when you open your eyes in the morning and the first thing you see is your family smiling at you. Unfortunately, as I grow older and as my mind opened up to learn more about this world the more the world become cruller for me. There are some people treated inhumanly just because they are poor, or because they are from undeveloped countries. What is the fault that they commuted to be treated in a harsh way? Is it because they want a high standard of living, and rise their income to support their families? This is certainly true in the case of what is happing with the labours in Qatar. Jim Murphy a labour’s shadow international development secretary recorded that migrant workers being lured to the Gulf state by the promise of good salaries, only to have their passports taken away from them and they cannot return to their homes (2014). There is a similar case of what is happening in Qatar but it is much worse. Those from poor regions are easily tricked by black hands companies to be used in inhuman ways, be forced labors and work in prostitution to increase economy (Human Trafficking Thesis Statement Examples, 2011). This research paper will discuss one form of human right issue in the GCC Countries, which is human trafficking, what is it, who are the victims, why it is happening and what solutions the government have taken to minimize this problem.
Tradition slavery the result of forced migration into the colonised new world was officially abolished in 1834. Today we know that slavery and any similar practise of it is illegal, but that does...
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“Human Trafficking appears as the most common form of modern day slavery, the fastest growing business of organized crime, and the third largest criminal enterprise in the world” (2014).
As victim count continues to rise, its difficult to see how such great numbers of men, women and children are bought and sold every year. Trafficking can be found in many forms, including: prostitution, slavery, or forced labor (Harf and Lombardi, 2014). It wasn’t until the 1980’s that international human trafficking became globally noticed. With the lack of government intervention and control in several nations, and the free trade market, slavery once again became a profitable industry (Harf and Lombardi, 2014). As previously mentioned, easier movement across nations borders is one of the outcomes of globalization. It is also what makes human trafficking so easy today. It is estimated that about 20.9 million people are victims across the entire globe (United Nations Publications, 2012); trafficking accounts for 32 billion dollars in generated profit globally (Brewer, n.d). 58 percent of all human trafficking was for the purpose of sexual exploitation, and of this 55-60 percent are women (United Nations Publications,
Human trafficking affects every country in the world, whether it is known to the public or not. There are many legal and non-legal responses in the world today helping to spread awareness and help victims that are affected. Human trafficking is transnational, affecting the boundaries and rights of people that are enslaved in these jobs, these traffickers thrive on the vulnerability of people. Both domestic and international responses are working to stop slavery throughout the world, many laws have been constituted because of these responses.
However, as this is being seen as a more global issue than individual countries, more governments are coming to the table to cooperate in fighting against human trafficking (CdeBaca, 2013). Though in theory this should be an easy issue to investigate and fight together on, human trafficking affects more arenas in life than just the crime itself. Issues like immigration policy, labor laws, consuming low cost products, etc., all are affected by this criminal industry. So when the global community looks to fight back against this horrendous crime against human rights, many barriers and hurdles have to be crossed. Right now only a few thousand traffickers around the globe are punished annually, which shows that the law enforcement approach, while necessary, is inadequate on its own (Jordan, 2011). The global community needs all levels of government to work together on fighting this issue. Though significant challenges remain in fighting human trafficking, according to the United Nations report, three areas must be the focus: “knowledge and research, capacity-building and development, and monitoring and evaluation.” Progress on these fronts will help unify the international community and generate effective plans in fighting against human trafficking (The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,
Taking place in the shadows of the global and regional economy, human trafficking is a serious offense that warrants more invasive legislation for nations to follow. This paper examines the existing convention addressing human trafficking while commenting on the auxiliary laws that should be made in the future to safeguard worldwide human rights. The overwhelming integration of human trafficking in modern society demonstrates a severe crisis in both regional and transnational societies; figures suggest the scale of human trafficking is in dire need of relief. The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime operates as the initial, legally binding solution to human trafficking, however is not practical in application. Alternative forms of legislation must be implemented as a supplementary feature to prevent the grave encroachment upon human rights. Essentially, human trafficking’s negative impacts on regional and transnational communities must be ratified through further laws in addition to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
In 2013, the ILO (International Labour Organization) reported the Middle East to be the primary destination for trafficking victims, as they calculated that there are around 600,000 forced labour victims within the region to date (13). This seemingly widespread issue of human trafficking within the Middle East has been subject to significant media coverage and global debate. There are three major elements at the centre of this debate: issues around the interpretations of the widely accepted UN’s Palermo Protocol’s definition of human trafficking, concerns in regards to the depictions of victims of human trafficking, and questions regarding what are the most effective strategies in preventing certain kinds of trafficking. As much of the media coverage, research, and policies have tended to focus on sex trafficking of women and girls within the Middle East, Mahdavi and Sargent argue in “Questioning the Discursive Construction of Trafficking and Forced Labour in the United Arab Emirates” that this has overshadowed “the instances of forced labour experienced by migrant workers outside of the sex industry” (9). Thus diverting attention away from a needed reform of the kafala system in which could have the capacity to address the issue of human trafficking and migrant rights on a broader scale (13). While the 2013 ILO report, “Tricked and Trapped: Human Trafficking in the Middle East” signifies a step forward within the discourses of human trafficking within the region (as its research is focused on those who work outside of the sex industry), Mahdavi and Sargent highlight the need for deeper understandings of the many forms that human trafficking can take as well as the need for the opportunity for victims to “contribute their own nar...
Human Trafficking is a global problem that affects the lives of millions of people in almost every country in the world, and which deprives them of their human dignity. As one of the most infamous crimes in the world, human trafficking is misleading and makes victims in women, men and children from all corners of the world every day and causes them to be exploited. Although the best-known form of human trafficking is sexual exploitation, hundreds of thousands of victims are also trafficked for the purposes of forced labor, forced labor as domestic servants, child begging and organ removal (Shelley, 2010). On the other side, “human trafficking is both a global problem and a domestic problem” (Jones, Engstrom, Hilliard, & Diaz, 2007, p.108-109)
Summary: We see that there are many different aspects and types of human trafficking that everyone should be made aware of. As a whole human trafficking is a lucrative industry raking in $150 BILLION globally. The impact that this industry has on its victims is
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Scholars also identified human trafficking continues to capture the imagination of the global public (Goździak et at., 2015:5). One of the serious challenges in the world today is the issue of human trafficking. A 2005 report issued by the International Labor Organization estimated human trafficking to be the third most profitable illicit business after drug trafficking and arms dealing (Daoud,
Thousands of foreigners are smuggled across national borders as forced labour in factories, farms, and brothels. Many are forced to become victims of human trafficking through force or the false promise of the American dream. The threat of human trafficking presently is that it deprives people of their human rights, it is a global health risk, and fuels the growth of organized crimes, such as sex crimes. Within this paper I will discuss my research on human trafficking and the victims’ deprivation of human rights. In order to so, I will synthesize three relevant sources on this topic, discuss additional questions that should be addressed when further researching this issue from a peace studies perspective, and outline a specific proposal for future research.
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Human trafficking is a topic that is not discussed very often in society. Many people fail to realize that human trafficking still exists today. Human trafficking violates basic human rights. It takes away the freedom and security of men, women, and children world wide. The diversity and widespread execution of human trafficking make it difficult to regulate and prosecute.