| dc.description.sponsorship | Human trafficking is a new term for an ancient crime, but in multiple and evolving
forms. The study highlights the concept and reasons for human trafficking,
specifically targeting categories of women and children in times of armed conflict.
The research also presents ancient and contemporary images of this crime and
examines the effects of human trafficking-related crimes, when they coincide with
security crises, on vulnerable groups and the challenges facing law enforcement
and humanitarian organizations.
The study reveals the deep and severe impacts on women and children, as well as
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the extent of their impact on societies and countries.
In its second chapter, the research focuses on strategies used to combat the crime
of trafficking of women and children during armed conflicts, presenting the basic
pillars that include international legal frameworks based on prevention,
prosecution, punishment, protection of victims, and strengthening international
cooperation, and this is based on a chronological sequence. It builds on
international efforts through the formulation of international agreements, both
general and specific, adopted in accordance with the approach based on respect and
guarantee of respect for human rights in all situations.
The study presents the leading applications of international military criminal
tribunals created after the two world wars and those created under Chapter VII of
the United Nations, by the UN Security Council, as well as legal proceedings
under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on certain forms of
trafficking in women and children, victims of armed conflict. This is in addition to
the role of universal criminal jurisdiction in the fight against this crime and its
concrete applications.
The research concludes with a number of results, including some positive ones ,
such as the evolution of the rules of international law with the nature of the
changes occurring on the international scene, as well as its response and support to
major events, including those related to human rights, human rights violations and
ways to address them, and what is considered a gap, such as the adoption of
security approaches, the neglect of victims' human dignity and their inability to
deal with the repercussions of crime. The study also presents a set of suggestions,
in order to establish an effective fight against crimes of trafficking of women and
children during armed conflicts. | en_US |