Human trafficking in Southeast Asia : gaps between regional legislation and domestic implementation
In this paper, I analyse the challenges that lie ahead now that the much anticipated ACTIP has come to fruition to establish a regional legislative framework for ASEAN on human trafficking. I argue that gaps between regional legislation and national implementation allow a complex interplay of fa...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76114 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | In this paper, I analyse the challenges that lie ahead now that the much anticipated
ACTIP has come to fruition to establish a regional legislative
framework for ASEAN on human trafficking. I argue that gaps between
regional legislation and national implementation allow a complex interplay of
factors that contribute to the persistence of human trafficking in Southeast
Asia. The challenges of national implementation are: Pressure from external
actors, ASEAN's overwhelming preoccupation with border security, deficits in
many states' criminal justice systems, inadequate incorporation of human
rights, as well as victim identification and protection measures across the
region, and the lack of legitimate migration pathways and policies for
irregular migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. These chasms arise
because of the ASEAN principle of non-interference, in which accountability of
member states is subsumed in favour of state sovereignty. In conclusion,
ASEAN has to address such gaps in order to reap any progress against
human trafficking. |
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