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The Role of 'Consent' in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol

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The Role of 'Consent' in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol

The present issue paper discusses certain questions that remained about certain aspects of the definition of trafficking in persons as defined in the Trafficking Protocol – most particularly those aspects that are not elsewhere defined in international law or commonly known to the world’s major legal systems. One among these unexplored issues, “consent” is explored in this Issue Paper.

Date of Publication
Type of Resource
Target Audience
Government
Intergovernmental Organization
Source / Publisher
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Language
English
Geographic Scope
Global
Workstream Output
No
Regional Review Process
No
GCM Objectives
Cross Cutting Theme
Rule of law and due process
Human rights
Keywords
Trafficking in persons
Status
Published

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