이주 어선원의 인권보호를 위한 UN 인신매매방지 의정서의 효과적인 이행방안에 관한 연구

Abstract

Although, the Korea is a world-class shipping and fisheries country, the issue of human rights violations by seafarers has been continuously investigated and reported in recent years. Especially, the issue of human rights violations by migrant fishers are serious. The definition of human in persons in the ‘UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons’ is different from the concept of human trafficking, which is the “selling and purchasing people like things” that are generally considered in Korean society. The concept of the ‘Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons’ regards exploitation of sex and labor by using fraud, compulsion, and the status or environment of the victim. If the level of the cases in the human rights violations report of migrant fisher is at the current level, Korea is a route country and destination for trafficking in persons. The United States of America publishes a trafficking report every year to prevent trafficking and It surveys and evaluates 191 countries around the world and ranks them. In the United States of America, countries that are vulnerable to human trafficking prevention and activity are designated as tier 3 and are taking economic measures. Korea is a first tier country, but it has been pointed out that the problem of migrant fisher is improved every year. Workers in this field should be alert, as there can be level down to a second-tier country anytime without substantial improvement. In this paper, I understand the concept of human trafficking and look at the anti-trafficking activities in the United States. And I would like to propose measures to be improved to prevent human rights violations against migrant fishers. The proposal for the prevention of seafarers' human rights infringement is that the government needs practical regulatory activities and the education and training to who civil servants of seafarers' administrative executives.