Revista Brasileira de Historia
Volume 33, Issue 65, 2013, Pages 61-83

Human trafficking: A historical approach to the concept [Tráfico de pessoas: Uma história do conceito] (Article) (Open Access)

Venson A.M.* , Pedro J.M.
  • a Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Campus Universitário, 88040-900 Florianópolis - SC, Brazil
  • b Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Campus Universitário, 88040-900 Florianópolis - SC, Brazil

Abstract

The concept of human trafficking was first introduced in juridical discourse in the nineteenth century and emerged again with great force in the late twentieth century. Initially the concept was used in discourses that saw prostitution as a problem. The current Brazilian penal code still manifests this construction. Focusing on the Brazilian context, this article discusses how the contemporary legal definition of trafficking fails to recognize the rights of people who voluntarily enter the transnational sex market, and is, sometimes, an accomplice to international demands for migration restraint.

Author Keywords

Human trafficking Concept Prostitution

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84882951024&doi=10.1590%2fS0102-01882013000100003&partnerID=40&md5=3fae36b682bc43381989da7691eb35a2
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-01882013000100003
ISSN: 01020188
Original Language: Portuguese