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The Trafficking of Children: International Law, Modern Slavery, and the Anti-Trafficking Machine (2023)
Book
Faulkner, E. A. (2023). The Trafficking of Children: International Law, Modern Slavery, and the Anti-Trafficking Machine. (1). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23566-5

The phenomenon of child trafficking holds a unique position as an issue of significant contemporary relevance, occupying a principal place in debates about human rights today. The interchangeable terms trafficking and modern slavery evoke emotive res... Read More about The Trafficking of Children: International Law, Modern Slavery, and the Anti-Trafficking Machine.

The Decolonisation of Children's Rights and the Colonial Contours of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (2020)
Journal Article
Faulkner. (2020). The Decolonisation of Children's Rights and the Colonial Contours of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. International Journal of Children's Rights, 66 - 88. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-02801009

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (uncrc) 1989 has been celebrated for its universal acceptance. However, questions still arise around its provenance and representation. In particular, the Convention is deemed to enshrine Weste... Read More about The Decolonisation of Children's Rights and the Colonial Contours of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The development of child trafficking within international law: a socio-legal and archival analysis (2019)
Book Chapter
Faulkner, E. (2019). The development of child trafficking within international law: a socio-legal and archival analysis. In R. Deplano (Ed.), Pluralising International Legal Scholarship. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976374

Human trafficking has both a long legal and political history, distinguishing it from many contemporary international legal issues. In 2000, the United Nations (hereafter, UN) Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish the Trafficking in Persons Especi... Read More about The development of child trafficking within international law: a socio-legal and archival analysis.

The Victim, the Villain and the Rescuer: the trafficking of women and contemporary abolition (2018)
Journal Article
Faulkner. (2018). The Victim, the Villain and the Rescuer: the trafficking of women and contemporary abolition. https://doi.org/10.31273/LGD.2018.2101

A term as morally and politically loaded as ‘modern day slave trade’ inevitably provokes strong and emotive responses. From the current Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) (António Guterres) to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (There... Read More about The Victim, the Villain and the Rescuer: the trafficking of women and contemporary abolition.