Human Trafficking and Slavery Reconsidered
Conceptual Limits and States' Positive Obligations in European Law

An original analysis of the definition and scope of the right not to be held in slavery, servitude and forced labour.

Vladislava Stoyanova (Author)

9781316614778, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 June 2018

512 pages
23 x 15.3 x 3.1 cm, 0.79 kg

'In conclusion, this book is a precious tool in aiding our understanding of the full range of obligations deriving from legal instruments dealing specifically with THB, on the one hand, and from human rights instruments more generally, on the other.' Nicolas Le Coz, International Journal of Refugee Law

By reconsidering the definitions of human trafficking, slavery, servitude and forced labour, Vladislava Stoyanova demonstrates how, in embracing the human trafficking framework, the international community has sidelined the human rights law commitments against slavery, servitude and forced labour that in many respects provide better protection for abused migrants. Stoyanova proposes two corrective steps to this development: placing a renewed emphasis on determining the definitional scope of slavery, servitude or forced labour, and gaining a clearer understanding of states' positive human rights obligations. This book compares anti-trafficking and human rights frameworks side-by-side and focuses its analysis on the Council of Europe's Trafficking Convention and Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights. With innovative arguments and pertinent case studies, this book is an important contribution to the field and will appeal to students, scholars and legal practitioners interested in human rights law, migration law, criminal law and EU law.

1. Introduction
Part I. The Human Trafficking Legal Framework: 2. Origins, context and the currently valid law
3. The definition of human trafficking in international law
4. Positive obligations under the human trafficking legal framework
Part II. The Human Rights Law Framework: 5. The historical background
6. Definitions with contemporary relevance
7. The relationship between the concept of human trafficking and the concepts of slavery, servitude and forced labour
8. Positive obligations under human rights law
9. Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Human rights & civil liberties law [LNDC], Laws of Specific jurisdictions [LN], EU & European institutions [JPSN2]