The residence permit for third-country nationals who are victims of human trafficking. A double face instrument between compliance strategy and protection of human rights.

Author(s):

Alessandra Pera ( University of Palermo Palermo Italy )

Citation:

Alessandra Pera, (2017) "The residence permit for third-country nationals who are victims of human trafficking. A double face instrument between compliance strategy and protection of human rights.", Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 24 Issue: 2, pp.-, doi: 10.1108/JFC-02-2016-0014

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Abstract:

Purpose

The aim of the present study is to explore institutional design strategies that promote compliance by regulating a peculiar sort of agents: human trafficking victims, starting from the point of view that institutions assume addressee virtue, but must also consider hypothesis of non compliance or that the measures adopted reveal their inefficiency in order to satisfy the goals hey were thought for, or that they are applied in order to obtain scopes, which are different from the ones they were conceived for.

Design/methodology/approach

Different methodological approaches, both deductive and inductive, are combined in the present paper, together with comparative and philosophical insights on national Court decisions, scholar writings, national and international entities official reports and statistics.

Findings

Since EU member States experts are discussing about common guide lines, policies and standard to manage with migration fluxes and EU integration process, this study highlights some critical points arising from the specific condition of a peculiar human trafficking victim: a migrant.

Originality/value

The study offers insights into the possible answers in terms of awarding prize and humanitarian protection of victims to fight human trafficking and smuggling in a constructive way, emphasising that those instruments are not mutually exclusive (awarding and humanitarian) and can be mixed together.

Publisher:

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright:

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