Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 7-29-2015

Journal Title

Journal of Human Rights

Volume Number

14

Issue Number

4

First Page

486

Last Page

503

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2015.1032222

Version

Post-print: the version of the article having undergone peer review but prior to being published

Disciplines

Human Rights Law | Peace and Conflict Studies

Abstract

Current efforts to end contemporary slavery represent a fourth wave of an Anglo-American abolitionist movement. Despite this historic precedent, there is little agreement on the nature of the problem. A review of current academic discourse, movement frames, and policy approaches suggests that six perspectives predominate: a prostitution approach focused on sexual exploitation of “women and girls”; a migration approach focused on the cross-border flow of migrants; a criminal justice approach focused on law and enforcement; a forced-labor approach emphasizing unfree labor; a slavery approach focused on trafficking in comparative-historical context; and a human rights approach centered on individual rights. This article discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and advances an expanded version of the human rights approach.

Notes

Original publication information:

Choi-Fitzpatrick, A., “From Rescue to Representation: A Human Rights Approach to the Contemporary Anti-Slavery Movement”, Journal of Human Rights, 2015: 14 (4), 486-503.

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