Human trafficking for sex exploitation in Thailand

• Authors: Opanovych Nataliya
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Research paper addresses an issue of sex trafficking in the Kingdom of Thailand and analyzes it through external and internal perspectives. Firstly, legal framework of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in regards to human rights violations and its activities to eliminate the problem in the region are examined. Secondly, historical reasons of sex industry in Thailand, state of affairs and its con-sequences for the society are discussed and local government’s activities are criti-cized. Lastly, sex tourism as a main cause of the problem is identified.

Keywords

EN

human trafficking; sex industry; sex tourism in Thailand; ASEAN

• Publisher: European Association for Security
• Journal: Securitologia
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 1 (23)
• Pages: 103-110

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Opanovych Nataliya

• Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0009.2972