Nurkhasenov Z.A. the undergraduate 1 courses of departments of
international law,
the research
supervisor Dosymbekova
M. S. Cand.Jur.Sci.,
the
associate professor of International law
KazNU
named by al-Farabi
Traffic
of people as modern form of human slavery
The problem of a
modern form of slavery - traffic of
people - was lifted by human rights activists at the beginning of the 20th
century. At that time the special attention was paid to women from Great
Britain who were compelled to prostitution in the countries of continental
Europe. So there was a term "white slavery" which extended later on
the general concept of traffic of people.
The world community
reacted to this phenomenon acceptance of a number of joint documents for the purpose of opposition to it. Treat them:
The international agreement on prohibition of trade in white slaves
(International Agreement for the Suppression of White Slave Traffic) signed in
1904 and revised by the Protocol of 1948; The international Convention on
prohibition of trade in white slaves (International Convention for the
Suppression of the White Slave Traffic) signed 1910 and revised in 1921 by the
Protocol of the international Convention on prohibition of smuggling of women
and children (Protocol on International Convention for Suppression of Traffic
in Women and Children) and the protocol of 1949, the Convention on prohibition
of human trafficking and operation of prostitution by the third parties
(Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the
Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others) adopted in 1949, the Convention on
slavery (Convention Against Slavery) adopted by League of the Nations in 1926
and the Additional Convention on abolition of slavery, a slave trade and the
institutes and customs similar to slavery which came into force in 1957, and
also other international documents.
The convention of League of the Nations of 1926 signed in
Geneva determines by the slave the person concerning whom the actions inherent
in the property right are partially or completely carried out, the slave trade
is understood as all actions connected with capture, acquisition,
transportation of any person for the purpose of the address to slavery, sale or
an exchange.
Is important for
this research also the institutes and customs similar to slavery which treat:
a) a debt bondage - situation or a state at which the debtor as providing a
debt puts the work or work of the person, dependent on it, thus work of the
person isn't limited, character it isn't defined; b) a bondage - such use of
the earth at which the user by law, custom or the agreement has to live and
work at the earth belonging to other person and to perform a certain work,
without having opportunity to change the state; c) any institute or custom owing
to which the agreement on marriage without the right of refusal from the bride
is concluded and receiving remuneration by the persons controlling her is
carried out her transfer to other person for remuneration or by a right of
succession; d) any institute or custom owing to which the persons under 18 are
transferred by the controlling his face for remuneration or without that to
other person for the purpose of operation.
According to the Protocol of the UN: a) traffic of people
means the recruitment which are carried out for operation, transportation,
transfer, concealment or receiving people by threat of force or its application
or other forms of coercion, stealing, fraud, deception, an abuse of power or
vulnerability of situation, or by bribery, in the form of payments or benefits,
for receiving a consent of the person controlling other person. Operation
includes, at least, operation of prostitution of other persons or other forms
of sexual exploitation, forced labor or the services, slavery or customs similar
to slavery, a servitude or extraction of bodies; b) the consent of the victim
of traffic to the planned operation about which it is told in the subparagraph
(but) isn't taken into account if any of the levers specified in the
subparagraph was used (and); c) recruitment, transportation, transfer,
concealment or receiving children for is more whole than operation are
considered as "traffic of people" even in case they aren't connected
with application any of the levers specified in the subparagraph (and); d)
"child" means any person which didn't reach 18-year age.
Traffic of people
can't be reduced to illegal migration, smuggling of people (smuggling).
"Smuggling of migrants means providing, for the purpose of receiving,
directly or indirectly, any financial or other material benefit, illegal entry
into any state of any person who isn't his citizen or doesn't live constantly
in his territory". Thus, smuggling of people is a crime against the public
order regulating legal entry into the state, however, of not having certain
victim whereas in case of traffic, the persons which underwent it are the
victims of a crime which human rights are violated.
Traffic of people
needs to be considered as threat of national security of this or that country
including not only safety of the state system, but also civil society and the
individual. For example, the violation of the fundamental rights and personal
freedoms, the citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan which is carried out in the
course of traffic contradicts the main national interests of the country,
conducts to easing of legality and a law and order, is threat of public safety.
Human rights as system of the international legislative standards were
for the first time formulated in 1948 in the Universal declaration of human
rights, the document which isn't the legal act, and accepted as an ideal
according to which the states had to govern the relations with the citizens and
form the state and legal system. Added subsequently with the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 1976, and, called the International
Bill about human rights, the principles of the declaration received a real
documentary embodiment.
Articles of the International bill about human rights guaranteeing to
each person the right for life, for freedom and for security of person, a ban
on slavery or a servitude in all of them types, a ban on tortures or cruel
brutal or a degrading treatment and punishment, the right for free movement and
a choice of a residence within each state, and also the right to leave any
country, including own are especially important, and to come back to the
country.
Thus, traffic is a crime against the personality. Therefore, the American
version of the term trafficking in persons (that means traffic of persons),
widely used in the international research and political practice, underlines
importance of consideration of object of traffic as persons, in total her
biological, social qualities and specific features, freedom and which rights
are exposed to the most severe infringement and violation. The personality who
underwent traffic of people is defined as the victim of traffic.
Literature:
1. The universal declaration of human rights, is accepted and proclaimed
the resolution 217 And (111) of the United Nations General Assembly of
December 10, 1948.- online.zakon.kz
2. The convention of the UN against a transnational organized crime, is
adopted on November 15, 2000 by the resolution of the United Nations General
Assembly No. 55/25.- un.org
3. The protocol of the UN on prevention and suppression of human
trafficking, especially women and children, and punishment for it,
supplementing the Convention of the UN against a transnational organized crime,
is adopted by the resolution 55/25 of General Assembly of November 15, 2000. - un.org
4. Woman, law, migration. Conference materials on November 23-24, 2010,
Almaty: International Organization For Migration, 2010. - 217s.
5. Shakirova S., Toktybayev K.
Female measurement of human rights in Kazakhstan. Almaty, 2001. - 214s.