Människohandelns offer. En undersökning om rättigheter för offer som utsatts för sexuell exploatering
(2011) MRSG20 20102Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- Trafficking is a terrible crime that today occurs all over the world. The victims are put in a situation through threats and violence where they no longer have control over their own situation. When the victims finally escape from the traffickers they are in need of help and support. In 2010 the Swedish Riksdag ratified the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings of Council of Europe due to a proposition from the Swedish government. The purpose of this essay is to analyse the convention and Swedish national law and see which rights the victims of trafficking, especially victims of prostitution or other sexual exploitation are in titled to during their stay in Sweden.
The conclusion of this analysis is that the... (More) - Trafficking is a terrible crime that today occurs all over the world. The victims are put in a situation through threats and violence where they no longer have control over their own situation. When the victims finally escape from the traffickers they are in need of help and support. In 2010 the Swedish Riksdag ratified the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings of Council of Europe due to a proposition from the Swedish government. The purpose of this essay is to analyse the convention and Swedish national law and see which rights the victims of trafficking, especially victims of prostitution or other sexual exploitation are in titled to during their stay in Sweden.
The conclusion of this analysis is that the victim’s rights are strongly connected to a residence permit and the permit is in turn connected to the victims will to cooperate with crime investigating authorities and their will to testify in court. Due to that conclusion a change of Swedish national law would be necessary to assure the rights of victims of trafficking. (Less)
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- author
- Larsson, Sofie LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSG20 20102
- year
- 2011
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- sexual exploitation, Trafficking, human rights
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1759558
- date added to LUP
- 2011-01-31 12:12:50
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:27:55
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