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A Proposal Leading To An International Court To Combat Trafficking In Human Beings, John Cooper Green
A Proposal Leading To An International Court To Combat Trafficking In Human Beings, John Cooper Green
Third Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking, 2011
The need to create an international court to combat human trafficking is compelling. Domestic jurisdictions vary in their power to prevent human trafficking. This variance allows human traffickers to take advantage of weak states lacking in enforcement and conviction capabilities. These frail domestic jurisdictions often have porous borders. Efforts and proposals to strengthen domestic systems with a special regard for human trafficking (notably in Central and Eastern Europe) have failed.11 Section II will set forth the consensus as to the definition of human trafficking and a general background of the regional developments and laws of human trafficking. For purposes of …