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This book addresses child sex trafficking in the era of digital technology. As a global problem, human trafficking frequently victimizes the most vulnerable: children. Offenders often use the Internet as a vehicle for criminal activities, including acts to sexually exploit them. With Internet access growing exponentially, more children are online every day, increasing their risk of becoming involved in sexual exploitation or being treated as a commodity.
Inconsistent law among countries and the lack of adequate cooperation across borders make combating this issue increasingly difficult. Using a human rights approach, this book offers alternative solutions and recommendations, including establishing a legal protection framework to fight practices that sexually exploit children in cyberspace. In addition, it promotes multi-stakeholder collaboration in the context of corporate social responsibility to prevent and combat these offenses.
This book explores the intersection of children's human rights, online sex trafficking, and international legislation. It provides helpful insights for lawmakers, legal practitioners, scholars, law enforcement officers, child advocates, and students interested in human rights law, criminal law, and child protection.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Slavery in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 2: Online Sex Trafficking: Indicia of Slavery on the Internet
Chapter 3: Human Rights in Cyberspace
Chapter 4: Cyberspace, Nexus of Child Sexual Slavery
Chapter 5: Internet-Facilitated Grooming of Children
Chapter 6: Child Victims and Offenders
Chapter 7: An Appraisal of Human Dignity in Cyberspace
Chapter 8: Recommendations for Expanding the International Policy for Cyberspace
About the author
Beatriz Susana Uitts is a human rights lawyer and researcher. She holds a Doctorate of the Science of Law (J.S.D.) degree and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Intercultural Human Rights from St. Thomas University College of Law, and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá D.C., Colombia. She is the founder and director of Human Trafficking Front, an organization dedicated to studying and preventing issues related to human trafficking and modern slavery through education, research, and community engagement.
