To Ratify or Not to Ratify? Exploring the Barriers to Wider Ratification of the Trafficking in Persons Protocol

New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, 9 161-184, 2011

Posted: 20 Jun 2015

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Andreas Schloenhardt

The University of Queensland - T.C. Beirne School of Law

Ellen Bevan

Independent

Date Written: 2011

Abstract

A key aim of the United Nations (UN) Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children is to facilitate a consistent and coordinated international response to trafficking in persons. To assist in the achievement of this goal, this article identifies and explores potential barriers to ratification for the remaining 47 non-party states. Using country and region-specific examples, this article details a lack of capacity to implement the Protocol, lack of understanding of the Protocol and its requirements and a lack of political will as the core issues preventing universal ratification.

JEL Classification: k00

Suggested Citation

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Bevan, Ellen, To Ratify or Not to Ratify? Exploring the Barriers to Wider Ratification of the Trafficking in Persons Protocol (2011). New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, 9 161-184, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2620507

Andreas Schloenhardt (Contact Author)

The University of Queensland - T.C. Beirne School of Law ( email )

The University of Queensland
St Lucia
4072 Brisbane, Queensland 4072
Australia

Ellen Bevan

Independent

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