Using Human Rights to Hold the US Accountable for its Anti-Sex Trafficking Agenda: The Universal Periodic Review and new directions for US policy
| Autor: | Kari Lerum, Kiesha McCurtis, Penelope Saunders, Stéphanie Wahab |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Anti-Trafficking Review, Iss 1 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2286-7511 2287-0113 |
| DOI: | 10.14197/atr.201215 |
| Popis: | Since the passing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, anti-trafficking efforts have grown in funding, political strength, and popular-culture appeal in the United States and globally. Particularly influential in shaping anti-trafficking policy in the United States are anti-prostitution advocates who are primarily concerned with rehabilitating sex workers and eradicating sexual commerce. Simultaneous to the development of prohibitionist anti-trafficking and anti-prostitution efforts in the US, movements for sex worker rights have also grown in strength and visibility, influencing a variety of cultural, academic, and public health arenas. While sex worker activists have widened the dialogue around sex workers’ rights, their |
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