A Commentary on the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Edited by Julia Planitzer and Helmut Sax, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights
Contributors include: V. Espig, N. Katona, B. Linder, S. Mullally, R. Piotrowicz, J. Planitzer, C. Rijken, H. Sax, K. Simonova, V. Stoyanova
On the occasion of the EU Anti-Trafficking Day, the Austrian Task Force on Combating Human Trafficking holds this year's conference with a focus on new developments that arise by using modern technology while combating human trafficking. It aims to highlight not only opportunities but also challenges within this context.
On 9 November 2018 Julia Planitzer, Senior Researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM), has been elected as new Member of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings ("GRETA"), upon nomination by Austria. The mandate will start in January 2019 and will last for four years.
On the occasion of the EU Anti-Trafficking Day, the Austrian Task Force on Combating Human Trafficking organizes this conference on 'Human Trafficking and Human Rights - Access to Rights for Victims of Human Trafficking' in cooperation with the Italian OSCE-Chairmanship, the office of the OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and the International Centre for Mig
Book: Criminal Liability of Cooperations for Trafficking in Human Beings for Labour Exploitation
Authors: Planitzer, Julia; Katona, Nora
Global Policy Verlag, 2017
Julia Planitzer and Nora Katona have published their paper on “Criminal Liability of Cooperations for Trafficking in Human Beings for Labour Exploitation” in the November issue of Global Policy.
The paper holds that legal instruments at the European level, such as the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, clearly define that States have an obligation to establish corporate liability for trafficking in human beings (THB). However, upon closer look at national legislation in Europe, one recognises that the norms within this framework are not being enforced to their fullest extent.
Julia Planitzer published an article on obligatory reporting and transparency in supply chains in the new VIDC's newsletter 'Spotlight'. In her article (in German, available here) she discusses whether enhanced transparency by obligatory reporting can prevent labour exploitation in supply chains.