Human trafficking in the Middle East
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| - | + | The [[trafficking of persons]] is the fastest growing and most profitable criminal activity after drug and arms trafficking. According to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, [[human trafficking]] is defined as follows: “Trafficking in persons shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.” | |
| - | The measure of the level of democracy in nations throughout the world published by [[Freedom House]] and various other [[freedom indices]], the Middle Eastern and North African countries with the highest scores are [[Israel]], [[Tunisia]], [[Turkey]], [[Lebanon]], [[Morocco]], and [[Kuwait]]. Countries that are occasionally classified as partly democratic are [[Egypt]] and [[Iraq]]. The remaining countries of the Middle East are categorized as [[authoritarian regime]]s, with the lowest scores held by [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Yemen]]. | + | |
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| - | [[Freedom House]] categorizes Israel and Tunisia as "Free", Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait and Morocco "Partly Free", and the remaining states as "Not Free" (including [[Western Sahara]], which is controlled by Morocco). Events of the "[[Arab Spring]]" such as the [[Tunisian Revolution]] may indicate a move towards democracy in some countries which may not be fully captured in the democracy index. In 2015, Tunisia became the first Arab country classified as free since the beginning of Lebanon’s civil war 40 years ago. Theories are diverse on the subject. "Revisionist theories" argue that democracy is slightly incompatible with Middle Eastern values. [Lewis, Bernard. ''[[What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East]]''] On the other hand, "post-colonial" theories (such as those put forth by [[Edward Said]]) for the relative absence of [[liberal democracy]] in the Middle East are diverse, from the long history of imperial rule by the [[Ottoman Empire]], [[British Empire|Britain]] and [[French colonial empires|France]] and the contemporary political and military intervention by the [[United States]], all of which have been blamed for preferring authoritarian regimes because this simplifies the business environment, while enriching the governing elite and the companies of the imperial countries. Other explanations include the problem that most of the states in the region are [[rentier state]]s, which experience the theorized [[resource curse]]. | + | |
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| *[[Human rights in the Middle East]] | *[[Human rights in the Middle East]] | ||
| - | *[[Human trafficking in the Middle East]] | ||
| *[[LGBT in the Middle East]] | *[[LGBT in the Middle East]] | ||
| + | *[[Sexual taboo in the Middle East]] | ||
| *[[Women in Arab societies]] | *[[Women in Arab societies]] | ||
| - | *[[American democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa]] | + | *[[History of slavery in the Muslim world]] |
| - | *[[Freedom in the World]] | + | |
| - | *[[List of freedom indices]] | + | |
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The trafficking of persons is the fastest growing and most profitable criminal activity after drug and arms trafficking. According to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, human trafficking is defined as follows: “Trafficking in persons shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.”
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See also
- Human rights in the Middle East
- LGBT in the Middle East
- Sexual taboo in the Middle East
- Women in Arab societies
- History of slavery in the Muslim world
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