EU Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims: will it be effective?

In recent years, tackling effectively human trafficking has become priority for the EU legislator. The Directive on this subject was adopted on the 5th of April 2011. It is designed to provide the powerful measures to prevent crime, to protect victims and to punish the offenders. It also promises to...

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Main Author: Gromek-Broc, Katarzyna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escuela Superior de Administración Pública 2011
Subjects:
la impunidad en la cláusula
perspectiva centrada en las víctimas
la vulnerabilidad
a protecção das vítimas
direito penal europeu
la trata de personas
el delito de trata de personas
protección de las víctimas
el derecho penal europeo
tráfico de pessoas
as penalidades
a impunidade na cláusula
centrado na vítima perspectiva
a vulnerabilidade
o tráfico humano
o delito de tráfico de pessoas
Human trafficking
approximation of penalties
non-penalisation clause
victim-centred approach
position of vulnerability
trafficking offences
trafficking crime
protection of victims
European Criminal law
La trata de personas
las penas
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=3897658
Source:Nova et Vétera, ISSN 0123-2614, Vol. 20, Nº. 64, 2011, pags. 227-238
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EU Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims: will it be effective?
Summary: In recent years, tackling effectively human trafficking has become priority for the EU legislator. The Directive on this subject was adopted on the 5th of April 2011. It is designed to provide the powerful measures to prevent crime, to protect victims and to punish the offenders. It also promises to offer more interaction among different platforms and international instruments at the European and International level: the EU, the Council of Europe, the UN and the ILO. This article examines the gains and the weaknesses of the new text. It also discusses the challenges and questions the effectiveness of some ambiguous provisions. It underlines the importance of the victim- centred, holistic and human rights¿ approach. It looks at some legislative novelties such as a stronger definition of human trafficking, definition of offences, penalties or the non-penalisation clause for the victims. It emphasises the significance of a far-reaching protection of the victims during criminal proceedings and after. The article also discusses unresolved issues and backdrops of the directive. In conclusion, it interrogates: "Is the Directive efficacious enough to make a change?"

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