Based on the full text of condemnatory sentences for human trafficking, issued by Brazilian courts between 2003 and the beginning of 2008, for articles 231 and 231-A of the national Penal Code, the article analyzes how the theme is seen by the Justice System. The analysis strives to compare the international concept contained in the definition of the United Nations Additional Protocol to the Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime to Prevent, Supress and Punish Human Trafficking, specially of women and children, better known as the Palermo Protocol, with the ideas contained in the national law. The greater objective of the analysis is to answer if it is possible to transform great themes of Human Rights into public policy that effectively responds to the interest of those groups they aim to protect.
Human Rights; Human Trafficking; Prostitution; Justice; Palermo Protocol