In 2008 Ireland enacted legislation to define and prosecute human trafficking. The overriding emphasis of the Human Trafficking (Criminal Law) Act is on trafficking as a crime against the state, with provisions to protect victims only vaguely articulated in a separate piece of legislation. The Irish approach thus remains far removed from the victim-centred human-rights-based approach advocated by local lobbyists … Read More
Defining Trafficking/Denying Justice? Forced Labour in Ireland and the Consequences of Trafficking Discourse
Author(s): | Deirdre Coghlan and Gillian Wylie |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Online |
Publication Date: | 04 Nov 2011 |
Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2011.623625 |