Intractable Problems of Human Rights: A collection of essays on human trafficking in Africa

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Ogoye Okparavero, Ejiroghene ; Adula Okparavero, Prudence ; Mandisodza, Gerald ; Msika, Nicodemus U. ; Sitati, Grace. N. ; Okorie, Ihuoma:
Intractable Problems of Human Rights: A collection of essays on human trafficking in Africa.
Hrsg.: Mauluka, Gift ; Kaime, Thoko
Bayreuth, Germany , 2025 . - VI, 49 S. - (Collection of Essays: Your Voice in Tackling Human Trafficking in Africa )

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Abstract

Human Trafficking is one of the most relevant forms of human rights abuse and has its effects on the African continent in several ways. Overseas transit metropoles, slums, and big port cities, as well as rural areas that are hardly accessible for human rights defenders, are the scenes of action for forced prostitution, exploitative child labor, and forced recruitment of young children to non-state armed groups. Nigeria is just one prominent example with an estimated 750,000 to 1 million people forced into begging, prostitution, domestic servitude, armed conflict and labour exploitation.1 Despite existing international agreements to tackle this issue, numerous legislations at domestic levels, and a broad number of aid projects in this area, there are still notable deficits in the prevention and prosecution of human trafficking. These deficits result from insufficient involvement of communities that are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking in creating strategies to combat this issue, bureaucratic hurdles, and insufficient collaborations between state institutions and civil society organizations.2 This collection of essays gives a voice to upcoming African researchers, who portray systemic failures as well as potential solution approaches. Including African voices has two benefits here: On the one hand, it ensures epistemic justice. On the other hand, through this combination of theoretical and practical approaches, these essays better reflect on-ground realities. The collection at hand comprises five excellent essays submitted in response to the essay writing competition 'Your Voice in Tackling Human Trafficking in Africa.' The competition was organized and advertised by the Chair of African Legal Studies at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, a leading institution in the field, and funded by the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence. The competition addressed students, civil society actors, activists, and young researchers from the African Union's member states. The goal was to provide young people from the continent, whose voices are underrepresented in the global discourse on human trafficking, with the opportunity to share their perspectives. Due to their originality, the selected contributions can all enrich the discourse on African human trafficking.