Journal Citation:
23(4) HUMAN RIGHTS QUARTERLY, 975-1004 (2001).
This article examines the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime as well as the Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Protocols. The author looks at the origins of the two protocols, their content and the relationship between them. In her analysis, she highlights weaknesses and gaps that she suggests limit protection of migrants' human rights. She ends with a discussion of the protocol negotiation process and personal observations. She argues that while the Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Protocols do not significantly expand protection of human rights, they are promising steps in the right direction. [Descriptors: Migration - Trafficking, International]