http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/us-anti-sex-trafficking-law-causes-police-violence-in-cambodia from Laura Agustín Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/us-anti-sex-trafficking-law-causes-police-violence-in-cambodia#comment-896 peripheries » Blog Archive » People on a mission: a common case of misguided intervention Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:19:39 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=1621#comment-896 [...] taken into consideration. I would usually leave these topics to more qualified commentators such as Laura Agustin, but I’ll make an exception when HIV is [...] [...] taken into consideration. I would usually leave these topics to more qualified commentators such as Laura Agustin, but I’ll make an exception when HIV is [...]

]]> http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/us-anti-sex-trafficking-law-causes-police-violence-in-cambodia#comment-311 donna Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:39:07 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=1621#comment-311 thanks for the link! Your work is very informative.. thanks for the link! Your work is very informative..

]]> http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/us-anti-sex-trafficking-law-causes-police-violence-in-cambodia#comment-310 laura agustin Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:21:14 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=1621#comment-310 Hello Ted While it's good to hear that a bad piece of legislation can sometimes be useful to activists, I don't think it's enough of an argument to justify the bad legislation. The lesson is to figure out how to bring the pressure without having to rely on a lousy imperialist law. The bad effects of the TIP well outweigh the good, so far. L. Hello Ted
While it’s good to hear that a bad piece of legislation can sometimes be useful to activists, I don’t think it’s enough of an argument to justify the bad legislation. The lesson is to figure out how to bring the pressure without having to rely on a lousy imperialist law. The bad effects of the TIP well outweigh the good, so far.
L.

]]> http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/us-anti-sex-trafficking-law-causes-police-violence-in-cambodia#comment-309 Ted Cheng Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:38:25 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=1621#comment-309 I totally agree with your arguement. However, TIP report is also a double-edged. For instance, at the end of the year 2005, in Taiwan there was a huge violent protest/strike of migrant factory workers against their owner in order to improve their army-prison like living condition of the dormitory. the protest aroused a huge attention from the public, and thus, the 2006 TIP report placed Taiwan as Tier 2 watch list and required Taiwan authorities to implement a comprehensive anti-trafficking plan. So the TIP report became a good weapon for NGOs working on migrant spouses' and workers' rights as well as the rights of victims, because in the past, Taiwan's government only focuses more on smugglers and sexual exploitation (especiall child and online sex trade informationand so-called fraudelunt brides as sex workers) rather than victims rights and migrants rtights. Under such a pressure, local NGOs did have more power to ask the authorities, and the authorities did propose an action plan and invite NGOs to discuss about anti-human trafficking legislations and migrant policies. There were some improvement of victim protections and migrant rights(however, comparatively quite few). Unfortunately, as you know, the report only focuses on victim protection, sexual exploitation, and severe forms(ie., bodily abuse) of trafficking. i mean, the report is not radical enough to ask the citizen rights of migrants, but only limited to the exploitation of migrant and crime prosecution and victim protection; it did not criticize the local government of its improper migrant polices as the source of human trafficking/the legal human trafficking. Thus, while the Taiwan authorities proposed the action plan and thus Taiwan was elevated to Tier 2 in 2007 TIP, the working rights of migrant spouses and migrant workers, especially domestic migrant workers, were improved little in these two years, regardless of the proposal before. In brieif, to certain issues such asvictim rights, migrant worker's rights and migrant spouses' rights, TIP report did bring a pressure to the local government; however, the key problem and violence of it is its selective comments--its limit of morality/sexuality and the legal control of migrants. I totally agree with your arguement. However, TIP report is also a double-edged. For instance, at the end of the year 2005, in Taiwan there was a huge violent protest/strike of migrant factory workers against their owner in order to improve their army-prison like living condition of the dormitory. the protest aroused a huge attention from the public, and thus, the 2006 TIP report placed Taiwan as Tier 2 watch list and required Taiwan authorities to implement a comprehensive anti-trafficking plan. So the TIP report became a good weapon for NGOs working on migrant spouses’ and workers’ rights as well as the rights of victims, because in the past, Taiwan’s government only focuses more on smugglers and sexual exploitation (especiall child and online sex trade informationand so-called fraudelunt brides as sex workers) rather than victims rights and migrants rtights. Under such a pressure, local NGOs did have more power to ask the authorities, and the authorities did propose an action plan and invite NGOs to discuss about anti-human trafficking legislations and migrant policies. There were some improvement of victim protections and migrant rights(however, comparatively quite few). Unfortunately, as you know, the report only focuses on victim protection, sexual exploitation, and severe forms(ie., bodily abuse) of trafficking. i mean, the report is not radical enough to ask the citizen rights of migrants, but only limited to the exploitation of migrant and crime prosecution and victim protection; it did not criticize the local government of its improper migrant polices as the source of human trafficking/the legal human trafficking. Thus, while the Taiwan authorities proposed the action plan and thus Taiwan was elevated to Tier 2 in 2007 TIP, the working rights of migrant spouses and migrant workers, especially domestic migrant workers, were improved little in these two years, regardless of the proposal before. In brieif, to certain issues such asvictim rights, migrant worker’s rights and migrant spouses’ rights, TIP report did bring a pressure to the local government; however, the key problem and violence of it is its selective comments–its limit of morality/sexuality and the legal control of migrants.

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