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JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY
COURSE CODE: "PL 325"
COURSE NAME: "Human Trafficking and Contemporary Slavery"
SEMESTER & YEAR:
Summer Session I 2016
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SYLLABUS
INSTRUCTOR:
Silvia Scarpa
EMAIL: [email protected]
HOURS:
MTWTH 9:00 AM 10:45 AM
TOTAL NO. OF CONTACT HOURS:
45
CREDITS:
3
PREREQUISITES:
Prerequisite: Junior Standing
OFFICE HOURS:
by appointment
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
After a brief, comparative overview of historical practices, this course will examine contemporary manifestations, focusing in particular on chattel slavery, religious slavery, domestic servitude, bonded labor/debt bondage, forced prostitution and sexual slavery, early and forced marriages, forced labor, and human trafficking. Less familiar forms of human trafficking, such as trafficking for the purpose of illegal adoptions and organ sales, and the difference between human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants will also be studied. Special attention will be given to understanding what should be done to fight against these contemporary exploitative practices.
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SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT:
Starting
with a brief overview and a comparison between slavery of the past centuries
and the contemporary exploitative practices, this course will analyze various
forms of exploitation, focusing in particular on chattel slavery, religious
slavery, servitude, the bonded labor/debt bondage practice, forced prostitution
and sexual slavery, including their link with sex tourism, early and forced
marriages, the exploitation of child soldiers and forced labor. Every form of
exploitation will be defined to clearly emphasize differences and overlaps
existing among them. The course will subsequently deal with trafficking in
human beings, assessing its spreading in the world, emphasizing the lack of
data, commenting on the available estimates and analyzing its causes and
consequences and the most common forms of exploitation related to it, including
sexual and labor exploitation, the involvement of children in armed conflicts,
illegal adoptions and trafficking for the removal of human organs.
The lack of an internationally agreed definition of human trafficking until the
adoption in 2000 of the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish
Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children will be discussed and the
differences between this phenomenon and the smuggling of migrants will be
studied. Specific attention will be dedicated to understanding what can be done
to fight against the spreading of these contemporary forms of slavery and of
human trafficking.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon
completion of the course, students will be able to define the various
contemporary practices and processes studied, being aware of their spreading in
the world, of their main causes and consequences, of the international action
aimed at abolishing them and of short and long-term strategies that need to be
adopted to eradicate them. They also will be able to assess the major successes
and failures in establishing a framework in which these phenomena could be
eradicated and they will have conducted group work and research on a
specific topic of their choice.
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TEXTBOOK:
Book Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN number | Library Call Number | Comments | Format | Local Bookstore | Online Purchase |
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy | Kevin Bales | University of California Press | 9780520272910 | | | | | |
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REQUIRED RESERVED READING:
RECOMMENDED RESERVED READING:
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GRADING POLICY
-ASSESSMENT METHODS:
Assignment | Guidelines | Weight |
Mid-term exam | Essay questions | 35% |
Final exam | Essay questions. | 35% |
Class participation | Attendance is compulsory & students shall contribute to class discussions. | 10% |
Outline+Oral presentation | In-class oral presentation of group work. | 20% |
-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
AWork of this quality directly addresses the question or problem raised and provides a coherent argument displaying an extensive knowledge of relevant information or content. This type of work demonstrates the ability to critically evaluate concepts and theory and has an element of novelty and originality. There is clear evidence of a significant amount of reading beyond that required for the course BThis is highly competent level of performance and directly addresses the question or problem raised.There is a demonstration of some ability to critically evaluatetheory and concepts and relate them to practice. Discussions reflect the student’s own arguments and are not simply a repetition of standard lecture andreference material. The work does not suffer from any major errors or omissions and provides evidence of reading beyond the required assignments. CThis is an acceptable level of performance and provides answers that are clear but limited, reflecting the information offered in the lectures and reference readings. DThis level of performances demonstrates that the student lacks a coherent grasp of the material.Important information is omitted and irrelevant points included.In effect, the student has barely done enough to persuade the instructor that s/he should not fail. FThis work fails to show any knowledge or understanding of the issues raised in the question. Most of the material in the answer is irrelevant.
-ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Attendance
is compulsory. Students shall read assigned materials before classes and shall
participate to class discussions.
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ACADEMIC HONESTY
As stated in the university catalog, any student who commits an act of academic
dishonesty will receive a failing grade on the work in which the dishonesty occurred.
In addition, acts of academic dishonesty, irrespective of the weight of the assignment,
may result in the student receiving a failing grade in the course. Instances of
academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Academic Affairs. A student
who is reported twice for academic dishonesty is subject to summary dismissal from
the University. In such a case, the Academic Council will then make a recommendation
to the President, who will make the final decision.
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STUDENTS WITH LEARNING OR OTHER DISABILITIES
John Cabot University does not discriminate on the basis of disability or handicap.
Students with approved accommodations must inform their professors at the beginning
of the term. Please see the website for the complete policy.
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SCHEDULE
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WEEK
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TOPICS
TO BE DISCUSSED
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READING
ASSIGNMENTS
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WEEK 1
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May 23
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What is
contemporary slavery? What is human trafficking?
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· Quirk, Ch. 1 –
p. 23-33; Scarpa, Ch. 1 – p. 3-8; Scarpa, Article-Groningen J.
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May 24
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Is slavery of the
past different from the one of today?
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· Bales, Ch. 1;
Quirk, Ch. 3.
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May 25
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Vestiges of past
slavery: chattel slavery and religious slavery.
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· Bales, Ch. 3; Black, p. 1-26; 35-38.
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May 26
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Forced labor
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· ILO Handbook, p.
8-16; Kang Muico, p. 1-19 and 27; Anti-Slavery Report, p. 1-5.
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WEEK 2
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May 30
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· Child labor.
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· Lieten; Hindman;
Anti-Slavery Int. - Cocoa Report, p. 3-18 and 40-69.
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May 31
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· Debt bondage
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· Bales, Ch. 4, 5 and 6.
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June 1
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· Con’t
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June 2
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Holiday
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WEEK 3
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June 6
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The commercial sexual exploitation of children and child sex tourism. Review Session.
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Bales, Ch. 2 and Ecpat Report.
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June 7
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· Trafficking in
persons: lack of data, estimates, causes & consequences and distribution
in the world.
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· Scarpa, Ch. 1 – p. 8-21; Weitzer.
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June 8
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MID-TERM EXAM
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June 9
June 10
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· The forms of
exploitation related to human trafficking.
· Deadline for the submission of the outline+bibliography+Review
session on the advocacy plans.
Con't.
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· Scarpa, Ch. 1 –
p. 22-34 and 40.
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WEEK 4
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June 13
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Trafficking in
persons for the removal of organs.
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Pearson, Scheper-Hughes;
Scarpa, Ch. 1 - p. 34 - 39.
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June 14
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· Peacekeeping and human trafficking.
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· Mendelson, p. 1-38.
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June 15
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· Con’t.
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June 16
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· The smuggling of
migrants: definition. Trafficking in persons v. the smuggling of
migrants. Trafficking in persons in the wider context of international
migrations.
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Bhabha and Zard;
Gallagher; Anti-Slavery International Report on Migration-Trafficking Nexus,
p. 1-15.
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WEEK 5
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June 20
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· What can be done
to fight against contemporary slavery and human trafficking?
· Deadline for the submission of
PowerPoint/Prezi Presentations.
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· Bales, Ch. 7.
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June 21
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· Students’
presentations
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June 22
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· Students’
presentations
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June 23
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· Students’
presentations. Final review session.
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June 24
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FINAL
EXAM
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FULL LIST OF READING MATERIALS
Anti-Slavery International, The Cocoa Industry in West Africa: a History
of Exploitation (Anti-Slavery International, 2004).
Anti-Slavery International, The Migration-Trafficking Nexus
(Anti-Slavery International, 2003).
Bales K., Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy
(University of California Press, 2004).
Bhabha J. and Zard M., “Smuggled or Trafficked?” 25 Forced Migration Review
(May 2006) p. 6-8.
Black M., Women in Ritual Slavery (Anti-Slavery International, 2007).
ECPAT, Combating Child Sex Tourism (ECPAT, 2008).
Gallagher A., “Trafficking, Smuggling and Human Rights: Tricks and Treaties” 25
Forced Migration Review (May 2006) p. 25-28.
Hindman H. D., "Worst Forms of Child Labor" in The World of Child
Labor: An Historical and Regional Survey (M.E. Sharpe, 2009).
Kang Muico N., Forced Labour in North Korean Prison Camps (Anti-Slavery
International, 2007).
Lieten J. K., “Toward an Integrative Theory of Child Labor” in The World of
Child Labor: An Historical and Regional Survey (M.E. Sharpe, 2009).
Mendelson S., Barracks and Brothels: Peacekeeping and Human Trafficking in the
Balkans (CSIS Report, 2005).
Pearson, Coercion in the Kidney Trade? (GTZ, 2004).
Quirk J., Unfinished Business: A Comparative Study on Historical and
Contemporary Slavery (UNESCO, 2008).
Scarpa S., Trafficking in Persons: Modern Slavery (Oxford University
Press, 2008).
Scarpa S., “The Definition of Trafficking
in Adult Persons for various Forms of Exploitation and the Issue of Consent: A
Framework Approach that Respect Peculiarities” 1(2) GRONINGEN JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW (2013) 154 – 163, http://grojil.org/05-Scarpa.pdf.
Scheper-Hughes N., “Keeping an Eye on the Global Traffic in Human
Organs” 361 The Lancet (2003) 1645-48.
Weitzer R., “New Directions in Research on Human Trafficking” The
Annals (2014) 6-24.
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