Human trafficking

Human trafficking.

-what is human rights.

EVERY. Human rights is defined within the dictionary as, “A right which is believed to belong to every person”, but is that true? Human rights and the meaning of human rights really vary from country to country, religion to religion and person to person..

-why human rights exist.

Human rights and the role that human rights play is to give everyone the rights to basic, civil choices. Human rights recognize our freedom to make choices and to continue to develop our potential as human beings..

-problems around human rights in general in Australia.

Text Description automatically generated. The problems surrounding human rights in Australia are that some groups in Australia are particularly vulnerable to abuse, these include aboriginal and Torres strait islander people, asylum seekers, migrants that can’t speech English or speech English well, less financial stable people, people with a disability and other outcasted groups like LGBTQ..

-introduction of “human trafficking”.

FOR SALE. www.afp.gov.au defines human trafficking as “the physical movement of people within borders through deceptive means, force or coercion” why this is true, human trafficking is a more connected and deeper problem then seen on the surface however the main reason human trafficking is a regular occurrence is that human lives can be sold for a lot depending on the age, gender, race, and health of the victim, ill go into more detail later in the video..

-Australian legislation of human trafficking..

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Australia is a party to the seven major human rights treaties those being.

-Statistics worldwide and australia.

THE COUNTER TRAFFICKING DATA COLLABORATIVE GLOBAL DATA HUB ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING The Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) is the first global data hub on human trafficking, with data contributed by organizations from around the world. 108,613 INDIVIDUAL CASES 164 COUNTRIES OF EXPLOITATION Arctic Ocean 175 NATIONALITIES A'CtIC Ocean cean South Pacific Ocean North All antic Ocean Sougt Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Source: CTDC Global Dataset: Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative, 2020. Note: The data in this chart are from the Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC); the global data hub on human trafficking featuring the largest case level datasets on human trafficking from different organizations around the world. For more information, go to wwuv.ctdatacollaborative.org..

-5 worst ranking countries for human trafficking.

russia. abstract.

agreements with north Korea that allow labor camps with slave like conditions, about 20,000 north Koreans are sent to Russia each year, Russian remains in tier 3.

china. abstract.

China was downgraded to tier 3 after three years being at tier 2, demographic challenges created by the countries policy of one child has led to Chinese men to find wives through sex trafficking..

Iran.

Iran’s government has and continues to punish victims of human trafficking for unlawful acts for being subjected to human trafficking this is also punishable by death, children as young as 3 years old work as street beggars whilst being subjected to physical and sexual abuse, iran remains at a tier 3 level..

Belarus.

forced and compulsory labor are used as punishments for various offenses. Belarus is also a country where unemployed people must pay a fine. The government Is yet to approve any kind of draft for the state program on countering crime and corruption which also addresses human trafficking. Belarus is also a tier 3 country..

Venezuela.

Venezuela fell into tier 3 in 2014 directly after the Nicolas Maduro became president in 2013. Sex and child sex trafficking are common within this country particularly among women from poorer regions, government however did not report any investigation into human trafficking or protection for victims despite having known of this..

What’s been done by the UN and the government to prevent human trafficking.

In 2000 the UN developed a protocol to prevent, suppress and punish human trafficking in persons, this was more beneficial for victims of human trafficking. It has since been signed by 177 countries. The Australian government approaches human trafficking through a whole-of-government approach to tackle this issue, this also includes slavery and slave like issues. Australia works very closely with other governments and international organizations to prevent, restrict, and reduce human trafficking, protect, and support victim’s and hold perpetrators accountable..

How successful human trafficking is and how it is operated and organized.

Human trafficking has been successful in certain areas, but the number of human trafficking cases have increased so law reform is needed for most if not all countries, human trafficking is organized, and it isn’t as simple as just stopping the problem, if you would like to understand how this is done and why certain things occur the handout under the heading, “HOW HUMAN TRAFFICING HAPPENS”.

response.

legal.

Australia’s government has taken a whole-of-government approach to combat the issue of humans rights violations within Australia. Australia’s government also works closely with other worldwide issue to combat human trafficking itself. Australia’s laws criminalizing human trafficking and slavery are held with the divisions 270 and 271 of the commonwealth criminal code act 1995..

Division 270.

Division 270 of the criminal code criminalizes slavery itself, division 270 is responsible for slavery offences are also universal jurisdiction meaning that the law can apply whether the crime was committed outside of Australia or whether the victim or offender are Australian citizens or not. Division 270 also criminalizes slave-like practices, including forced labor, servitude (which means the state of being a slave or a subject to someone more powerful) and deceptive recruiting for labor or services (which just means a situation where the victim is tricked whether they will be exploited which is considered a type of modern slavery).

Division 271.

Division 271 of the criminal code represents offences for trafficking in person, many under the protocol of preventing, suppressing punishing trafficking in person. Division 271 also includes separate offence for debt bondage. Provisions are in place for trafficking people into, out of and within the country, and specific provisions for organ trafficking, domestic trafficking and the trafficking of children, Human trafficking if found guilty under division 270 and 271 has a prison sentence from 4 years for debt bondage, to 25 years for slavery and trafficking children..

NON-legal.

There have been various non legal responses towards the topic of human trafficking and slavery, not government organization’s play a part within preventing and supporting human rights violations towards human trafficking. None government organization’s assist law enforcement agencies in the investigation and prosecution of trafficking cases, they do this by providing information and evidence on suspected trafficking activities towards the authorities. Some non-government organizations include, Criminal Law Reform and Anti-Human Trafficking Amnesty International global Alliance Against Traffic in Women Anti-Slavery International.

-The involvement of Australia.

-The involvement of Australia. It has been estimated that between 300 and 1000 known people are victims of human trafficking every year, why this number might seem low compared to the population of Australia, (25.69 million as of 2020) it is still a number that should be reduced to 0 considering human trafficking violates fundamental human rights which robs the victim of there dignity and basic entitlements..

the future towards “human trafficking” if nothing is done.

Human trafficking is a ever-growing problem, if no action is taken like most things it will continue to grow and become a bigger issue like it is in 3rd world countries. Governments need to implement new rules and reform laws to prevent the issue from continuing to grow like it does yearly..