Empowering Victims of Human Trafficking: the Role of Support, Assistance and Protection Policies.
- Document number
- 2844
- Date
- 2011
- Title
- Empowering Victims of Human Trafficking: the Role of Support, Assistance and Protection Policies.
- Author/publisher
- HUMSEC Journal, Issue 2, Alline Pedra Jorge-Birol
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- protection, assistance, human trafficking
- Summary
- The current paper intends to show the importance of the assistance and the protection of trafficked victims. In the first item, to provide a background to the reader, we will present the origin of victim support's policies linking such a movement to the role of the victim in crime reporting and police statistics. Following, we will consider the aspects of the support and the protection of trafficked victims who have special needs and face different difficulties than other crime victims. In this concern, necessary provisions and practices for the well being of trafficked victims will be highlighted. Further, and based on the literature reviewed, we will demonstrate that trafficked victims who are supported and protected are more likely to report the crime and to contribute to the investigation.
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