Journal Citation:
35(1) GEORGE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW, 227-250 (2003).
This article assesses the impact of the UN Trafficking Protocol. It starts with an overview of international trafficking in persons and highlights major provisions in the Trafficking Protocol. Recommendations and strategies to address trafficking are also outlined by the author. The author stresses that more action is needed against trafficking: "states must build [the Trafficking Protocol's] legacy upon more than an increase in public awareness about trafficking in human beings or an increase in the number of laws to punish traffickers'. He argues that although the Trafficking Protocol is integral to the fight against trafficking, states need to cooperate on bilateral and multilateral levels, and actively prosecute and punish traffickers. [Descriptors: Migration - Trafficking, International]