Overview
- Discusses the difficult issue of 'non-liability' for crimes committed by people who are victims of trafficking
- Draws on human rights, victim rights and criminal law theory to argue why a provision on non-liability needs to exist
- Draws comparisons between crimes committed by human trafficking victims and by victims of domestic abuse and child soldiers
- Proposes an alternative provision which states and regional bodies could adopt
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology (PSVV)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This books demonstrates the difficulty of protecting victims of human trafficking from being held liable for crimes they were compelled to commit in the course, or as a consequence, of being trafficked, under current European law. The legislation remains vague and potentially inadequate to recognise victimhood, safeguard the human rights of victims, and avoid further victimisation. Muraszkiewicz explains how the non-liability principle is rooted in criminal and human rights law, and proposes a more efficient provision and framework which would protect trafficked persons, and do better to encourage victims to act as witnesses in criminal proceedings against the perpetrators. In doing so the book will provide relevant stakeholders,including policy makers and law enforcement authorities, with a better understanding of the non-liability principle and how it ought to be used in practice.
Reviews
“A highly intelligent and important analysis of the development of law and policy in human trafficking, particularly the offender-victim matrix.” (Felicity Gerry QC, Professor of Legal Practice, Deakin University, Australia)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking From Liability
Book Subtitle: The European Approach
Authors: Julia Maria Muraszkiewicz
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02659-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02658-5Published: 10 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02659-2Published: 11 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2947-9355
Series E-ISSN: 2947-9363
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 213
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Victimology, Transnational Crime, Human Rights and Crime , Crime Prevention, Human Rights, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights