Models Wanted: The Search for an Effective Response to Human Trafficking

This article discusses the international community's response to human trafficking through three frameworks: law enforcement, labour rights and human rights. The author examines each approach and highlights the advantages and disadvantages of using one over the other. She notes that the current international response is problematic as it overemphasizes trafficking for the purposes of prostitution, marginalizes trafficking of less innocent victims and trafficking for other purposes, and predominantly works within the law enforcement framework while ignoring human rights and labour rights issues. She argues for a more integrated and principled response to human trafficking that prioritizes labour and human rights concerns but also considers legitimate law enforcement needs. [Descriptors: Migration - Trafficking, International]