Title
From Rescue to Representation: A Human Rights Approach to the Contemporary Anti-Slavery Movement
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.
Digital USD Citation
Choi-Fitzpatrick, Austin, "From Rescue to Representation: A Human Rights Approach to the Contemporary Anti-Slavery Movement" (2015). School of Peace Studies: Faculty Scholarship. 7.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/krocschool-faculty/7
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.