19 October 2010
OHCHR News (United Nations) – The UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR), the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, the International Labor Organization, and the UN Development Fund for Women collectively called upon the EU to provide greater legal services, leniency to trafficking victims, and a new policy focus. The agencies want the EU to provide victims free and quality legal aid, leniency on illegal immigration charges, respect of non-refoulement in the courts and legislatures, and a right to not be forcibly returned to their native land. The agencies also want the EU trafficking policies and definitions that include gender and children issues. Jan Jarab, OHCHR Regional Representative for Europe, believes this call will influence the development of the proposed EU directive on human trafficking.
Source:
(Reliability: 9/10)
Comment: (Source Reliability: No bias or inaccuracy apparent in source. The source does not provide any information which explains how EU legal reform would combat the growth or existence of trafficking in the EU.)
Comment: The call for reform by these agencies continues to reinforce the general idea that government action is a force upon human trafficking activity. In this case, the increase of rights would deter human trafficking growth. However, as seen in the presentation by Mr Cdebaca and the September Asia Pacific Conference, no clear statement or prediction can be made as to what specific type of government action mostly influences the state of human trafficking. Yet, as this is the third such event which emphasizes legal type of solution, one could conclude that a pattern has emerged. In essence, the UN will recommend some type of legal action be taken by governments to deter human trafficking. However, no common legal action has been found in these recommendations.
Comment: (Source Reliability: No bias or inaccuracy apparent in source. The source does not provide any information which explains how EU legal reform would combat the growth or existence of trafficking in the EU.)
Comment: The call for reform by these agencies continues to reinforce the general idea that government action is a force upon human trafficking activity. In this case, the increase of rights would deter human trafficking growth. However, as seen in the presentation by Mr Cdebaca and the September Asia Pacific Conference, no clear statement or prediction can be made as to what specific type of government action mostly influences the state of human trafficking. Yet, as this is the third such event which emphasizes legal type of solution, one could conclude that a pattern has emerged. In essence, the UN will recommend some type of legal action be taken by governments to deter human trafficking. However, no common legal action has been found in these recommendations.
No comments:
Post a Comment