Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Affairs
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu
Helen Sheehy
Title: Head Social Sciences Library
Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Affairs
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu
Human trafficking means "the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation." (United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Article 3)
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons. Geneva: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2009.
UN Resolutions
Trafficking in Women and Girls [A/RES/63/156/]
Improving the Coordination of efforts Against Trafficking in Persons [A/RES/63/194]
UN Reports
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
a search of their site produces many documents, especially those with a regional or country focus:
Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS [Commonwealth of Independent States]. Human Trafficking: a Guidance Note [2004]
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR]
Refugee Protection and Human Trafficking: Selected Legal Reference Materials [2008]
Who are the victims of human trafficking?
Webcast of a program featuring testimony from victims. Held at UN Headquarters in New York in November 2009. (requires Real Media player).
UN Women [United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women]
Expand your search with the Intergovernmental Organizations Search Engine
Cross-search hundreds of agencies including the UN, World Bank, ILO, EU, and others. A project of the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association [GODORT].
American Bar Association. Criminal Law Reform and Anti-Human Trafficking Programs
Anti-Slavery International
A UK-based charity founded in 1839 that still works to eliminate slavery around the world
The Anti-Slavery International Reports and Anti-Slavery International Briefing Notes cover topics from bonded labor to the relationship between the slave trade and the products we buy.
Human Rights Watch
Has a large collection of reports on human rights topics including child labor, trafficking in women, etc.
Hunt Alternatives Fund, Demand Abolition
Shared Hope International
Founded by Linda Smith, former U.S. Congresswoman, in 1989, Shared Hope fights trafficking, particularly of women in children. Has a strong focus on the United States.
Expand your search with the Non-Governmental Organization Search
Search for information on the topic of human trafficking across hundreds of NGOs. A search engine developed by members of the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association.
Annotated Bibliography of Child and Forced Labor Information
A massive bibliography of resources, many with links to web resources, arranged by country:
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
publishes an annual Trafficking in Persons report
Combating modern slavery: reauthorization of the anti-trafficking programs : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, October 31, 2007
Crossing the border: immigrants in detention and victims of trafficking : hearing before the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, March 15, 2007
The following databases are good starting points for journal article research.
Note: [Penn State Libraries] indicates a Libraries' resources available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.
Criminal Justice Abstracts [Penn State Libraries
Peace Research Abstracts [Penn State Libraries]
ProQuest [Penn State Libraries]
Sociological Abstracts [Penn State Libraries]
National Criminal Justice Research Service (NCJRS) Abstracts [Penn State Libraries] — from the U.S. Department of Justice — contains many full-text resources
