Orphanage Trafficking in International Law

This book explores how children are trafficked into orphanages in developing countries to profit from voluntourism and donations, a process known as orphanage trafficking. Orphanage trafficking in International Law explores how this process occurs, what drives it, how it should be regarded legally and presents a framework for combating it.

List of contents

1. The process of orphanage trafficking in developing states; 2. The enabling environment for orphanage trafficking; 3. The demand of orphanage tourism; 4. Situating orphanage trafficking in international law; 5. Responding to orphanage trafficking; Conclusion.

About the author

Kathryn (Kate) E. van Doore is an international child rights lawyer and an academic at Griffith Law School, Australia. Dr van Doore is an internationally recognised expert on orphanage trafficking.

Summary

This book explores how children are trafficked into orphanages in developing countries to profit from voluntourism and donations, a process known as orphanage trafficking. Orphanage trafficking in International Law explores how this process occurs, what drives it, how it should be regarded legally and presents a framework for combating it.

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn E. van Doore, Kathryn E. (Griffith University van Doore
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781108833424
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83342-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human Rights, LAW / International, International Relations, Human trafficking, Social issues & processes, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law