Research Guides: Human Trafficking: Legal Research

Background Information

What Is Wrong with Human Trafficking? by Rita Haverkamp (Editor); Ester Herlin-Karnell (Editor); Claes Lernestedt (Editor)
Publication Date: 2019

Discusses and critiques the legal regulation of human trafficking in national and transnational context.
Revisiting the Law and Governance of Trafficking, Forced Labor and Modern Slavery by Prabha Kotiswaran (Editor)
Publication Date: 2017

An inter-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder approach to discuss trafficking through the lens of labor migration and extreme exploitation and, in the process, rethink the law and governance of trafficking.
Slavery in International Law by Jean Allain
Publication Date: 2012

Sets out the law related to slavery and lesser servitudes, including forced labour and debt bondage; thus developing an overall understanding of the term human 'exploitation', which is at the heart of the definition of trafficking.

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Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit
HTPU prosecutors work closely with Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) and law enforcement agencies to streamline fast-moving trafficking investigations, ensure consistent application of trafficking statutes, and identify multijurisdictional trafficking networks.
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Human Trafficking Clinic - University of Michigan
The clinic provides free legal services to human trafficking victims and supports the needs of all types of individuals victimized by a range of trafficking crimes.