Beyond Framing and Shaming: Human Trafficking, Human Security and Human Rights

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No accessJournal of Human SecurityOther Journal Article01 January 2009Beyond Framing and Shaming: Human Trafficking, Human Security and Human Rights Authors: Alison Brysk Authors: Alison Brysk Professor, Political Science and International Studies, University of California, Irvine, and Director, UC Irvine Human Rights Program, email: [email protected] Google Scholar More articles by this author SectionsAboutPDF/EPUBExport CitationsAdd to FavouriteAdd to FavouriteCreate a New ListNameCancelCreate ToolsTrack CitationsCreate Clip ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmail Abstract This essay will argue that human trafficking, especially transnational sexual exploitation of women and girls, has received disproportionate attention in ways which reflect fundamental characteristics of the international human rights regime. The communicative action dynamic of framing grants greater shaming resonance to certain types of violations, victims, and even regions. In the short-run, this spotlight may limit attention to equally salient abuses and represent a shortfall in the universality and indivisibility of rights. However, in the long run, a distorted emphasis on trafficking may well be a politically beneficial spur to wider consciousness of a linked set of 'private wrongs', as well as legitimately addressing a significant stream of especially heinous abuses that do affect large numbers of victims. Moreover, ultimately a human security approach linked to complementary state interests and multilateral mechanisms may be the best way to institutionalise the mobilisation sparked by the international human rights regime. Previous article Next article RelatedDetails View PUBLICATION DETAILSDate of Publication:January 2009Journal:Journal of Human SecurityISSN:1835-3800Volume:5Issue:3Page Range:8-21First Page:8Last Page:21Source:Journal of Human Security, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2009: 8-21Date Last Modified:05 September 2018 12:24Date Last Revised:06 October 2012 Original DOI: 10.3316/JHS0503008SubjectHuman rightsSocial movementsHuman traffickingWomen--Crimes againstVictims of crimes--Services forProstitution--Prevention METRICS Downloaded 0 times Copyright© Human Security Institute, 2009Download PDFLoading ...