civil rights for trafficked persons in the United States
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Hastings Women's Law Journal
- Magazine Year
- 2005
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Kim, Kathleen
- Creator
- Hreshchyshyn, Kusia
- Thesaurus
- vrouwenhandel, slachtoffers, wetgeving, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- This article addresses a 2003 addition to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act allowing for a private right of action for persons trafficked to the United States. The authors discuss civil litigation as a strategy for trafficked persons to obtain a remedy that specifically addresses the injury that they sustained: enslavement. The discussion situates this remedy within the broader purposes of anti-trafficking legislation.