This dissertation will answer the following central questions: Does trafficking in women violate human rights, as established by the international human rights instruments, of women victims of trafficking? If so which are the human rights that are affected and violated during the practice of trafficking? Who are the relevant actors that violate those rights: state and or private parties and how those violations can be addressed under the International Human Rights Law - vertical/horizontal application of human rights: which are the relevant state obligations - positive/negative in connection to those violations: and which strategies and laws have to be identified on a national level in relation to trafficking, in terms of prevention, protection and prosecution based on the human rights obligations of States? To that end, this dissertation will try to elaborate a human rights perspective to trafficking in women as an additional avenue in the overall fight against trafficking in women. Dissertation Law.