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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Main Author: Tan, Kay Hoon
Other Authors: Mely Caballero Anthony
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2018
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-761142020-11-01T08:34:12Z Human trafficking in Southeast Asia : gaps between regional legislation and domestic implementation Tan, Kay Hoon Mely Caballero Anthony S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science 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. Master of Science (International Relations) 2018-11-08T05:26:21Z 2018-11-08T05:26:21Z 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76114 en 66 p. application/pdf
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Human trafficking in Southeast Asia : gaps between regional legislation and domestic implementation
description 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.
author2 Mely Caballero Anthony
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author Tan, Kay Hoon
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title Human trafficking in Southeast Asia : gaps between regional legislation and domestic implementation
title_short Human trafficking in Southeast Asia : gaps between regional legislation and domestic implementation
title_full Human trafficking in Southeast Asia : gaps between regional legislation and domestic implementation
title_fullStr Human trafficking in Southeast Asia : gaps between regional legislation and domestic implementation
title_full_unstemmed Human trafficking in Southeast Asia : gaps between regional legislation and domestic implementation
title_sort human trafficking in southeast asia : gaps between regional legislation and domestic implementation
publishDate 2018
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