Anne Gallagher, The International Law of Human Trafficking

In The International Law of Human Trafficking, Anne Gallagher explores legal frameworks relating to trafficking of human beings at the regional and international levels. Chapter 1 identifies key elements of an international definition of trafficking: first, process (recruitment, transport, receipt, etc.); second, means (coercion and/or deception); and third, purpose (labour and sexual exploitation), stipulated under the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons (Trafficking Protocol) attached to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime 2000. Many scholars and practitioners often believe that the end purpose (exploitation) has to take place for the offence of trafficking to be complete. However, the end purpose relates to mens rea (for example, intention) strictly speaking and not actus reus or a conduct element, and Gallagher rightly acknowledges this. Further, while the adoption of the international definition under the Trafficking Protocol is a step forward, there are some conceptual difficulties attached...

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