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CALL FOR PAPERS
'15 Years of the UN Trafficking
Protocol'
Anti-Trafficking
Review
Guest Editor: Jacqueline Bhabha
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Deadline for Submission: 1 June 2014
2015 will mark the 15th anniversary
of the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in
Persons, Especially Women and Children. Is this a time to celebrate
progress or has the Protocol caused more problems than it has solved?
The Protocol created frameworks which have impacted people's lives:
differentiating smuggling from trafficking; marking out women and
children, rather than men, as priority stakeholders; defining
trafficking broadly; placing organ sale within the mainstream of anti
trafficking work; and emphasizing the concept of 'abuse of power' in
the identification of trafficking. What do the effects of these aspects
of the Protocol look like on the ground, after 15 years of building
anti-trafficking into government, NGO and INGO programming?
How do those who negotiated the Protocol view
it now? How has the Protocol's definition of trafficking been received
and what aspects of the definition continue to be problematic or
controversial? Furthermore, what work needs to be done to make the
Protocol more useful (to people who are trafficked) in the decades
ahead? Some have questioned the new international legal framework
around trafficking established by the Protocol due to its placement
under a crime control convention and the implicit prioritization of
prosecutions over human rights and victim protection. Many have worked
hard to prioritize human rights in anti-trafficking laws as well as in
anti-trafficking practice.
The Anti-Trafficking Review calls for
papers for a Special Issue '15 Years of the UN Trafficking Protocol'.
This issue will present thoughtful, innovative and well-researched
articles that address critical questions such as those set out below.
The journal is also interested in papers that propose new ways of
thinking about the Protocol and anti-trafficking work more generally,
looking toward shaping the future. Authors may be interested in
addressing the following:
- What
good work has been done as a direct or indirect result of the
Protocol? What has been less useful or even harmful?
- What
problems has the definition of trafficking in Article 3 of the
Protocol posed? What strategies and innovations have been adopted
to address these?
- Have
the definitions and requirements set out in the Protocol enabled
work to progress with more clarity on agreed terms and priorities?
- What
unexpected responses to the Protocol have emerged?
- Is
the trafficking framework in the Protocol largely an immigration
control measure? What evidence is there that this has been the
case?
- Has
the response to and impact of the Protocol been uneven across
regions?
- How
have practitioners and advocates worked to prioritize rights in
anti-trafficking measures?
- Are
other frameworks, such as refugee-related legislation or labour
laws, easier to use in national contexts? In practice, are they
less stigmatizing for trafficked persons?
- Has
work under the labels of migrants' rights, women's rights, labour
rights or women's health been left behind due to the popularity
that anti-trafficking has gained in the last 15 years?
This issue features a 'Debate Section' for short
(800-1000 words) opinion pieces. We welcome articles either supporting
or rejecting the following proposition: "The Trafficking
Protocol has advanced the global movement against human
exploitation."
The Review promotes a human rights based approach to
anti-trafficking, and it aims to explore the issue in its broader
context including gender analyses and intersections with labour and
migrant rights. The journal offers a space for dialogue for those
seeking to communicate new ideas and findings. Academics,
practitioners, trafficked persons and advocates are invited to submit
articles. Contributions
from the global South are particularly welcome. The Review presents
rigorously considered, peer reviewed material in clear English. The
journal is an open access publication with a readership in 78
countries.
The Anti-Trafficking Review is
abstracted/indexed in: CrossRef, Ulrich's, Ebsco Host, Open Access
Scholarly Publishers Association, Directory of Open Access Journals,
WorldCat, eGranary, e-journals.org, and ProQuest.
Deadline for submission: 1 June
2014
Word count for Full Article
submissions: 4,000 - 6,000 words, including footnotes and abstract
Word count for 'Debate'
submissions: 800-1,000 words
Special Issue to be published in
2015
We advise those interested in submitting to follow the Review's
style guide and submission procedures, available at www.antitraffickingreview.org. Email the editorial team at atr@gaatw.org
with any queries.
Special Issue Guest Editor: Jacqueline Bhabha
Editor: Rebecca Napier-Moore
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