Abstract
Child trafficking exploded onto the international scene in the late 1990s, a product of the union between the anti-trafficking and anti- child labour movements. Although previously disunited, these two came together around the World Congress against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and in 2000 fought for the adoption of the Palermo Protocol. From that moment, ‘child trafficking’ became one of the most emotive issues around. In this chapter, we look at how it is commonly constructed and at what policy-makers tend to do about it.
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Howard, N. (2017). The Dominant Paradigm: Child Trafficking and the Fight Against It. In: Child Trafficking, Youth Labour Mobility and the Politics of Protection. Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47818-4_2
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