The core of the concept of trafficking in persons, defined in the Palermo Protocol, is based on the notion of exploitation. This text approaches trafficking in persons as a labor issue with a view to helping clarify this notion. The forced labor concept, formulated by the International Labor Organization, supports this discussion. This concept is considered in its dialog with gender dimensions and with the supply-demand aspects that steer migratory movements.
Forced Labour; Slave Labor; Commercial-Sexual Exploitation; Trafficking in Persons; Migration; Smuggling of Migrants