Human trafficking policies in Scandinavia: what happens when international obligations meet national problem definitions?
This chapter presents a demonstration and discussion of various shifts in how Denmark, Norway and Sweden have approached human trafficking since the inception of the UN Trafficking Protocol in 2000. While the policy domain of human trafficking is framed by this international instrument, the formulat...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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New forms of human trafficking
Year: 2024, Pages: 75-91 |
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Volltext (doi) |
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| Summary: | This chapter presents a demonstration and discussion of various shifts in how Denmark, Norway and Sweden have approached human trafficking since the inception of the UN Trafficking Protocol in 2000. While the policy domain of human trafficking is framed by this international instrument, the formulation and implementation of concrete policies stem from national and local institutions and problem definitions. To investigate the relationship between international obligations and national implementation, this chapter examines how the problem of trafficking appears in presentations of trafficking. The chapter also examines how that definition has changed over time in governmental white papers and statements. The chapter identifies commonalities in the trajectories of the three countries’ trafficking policies, all of which have reproduced a bias towards prostitution-related trafficking and female victims. This outlook must be understood both in light of the existence of such biases in international policy frameworks as well as how domestic debates on prostitution have affected the policy domain of trafficking. In all three countries, the policy domain of trafficking is also intermingled with concerns about migration, which has had consequences for the countries’ abilities to identify and assist victims. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 88-91 |
| ISBN: | 9783031397318 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-39732-5_5 |