The Legally Protected Interest in the Offenses Relative of the Contemporary Forms of Slavery

• Autor: Rodríguez Vásquez, Julio Alberto
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2025
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/30852
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechopucp/article/view/30852
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Criminal law; Modern slavery; Contemporary forms of slavery; Human trafficking; Forced labor; Legally protected right; Derecho penal; Esclavitud moderna; Formas contemporáneas de esclavitud; Trata de personas; Trabajo forzoso; Bien jurídico protegido

This article identifies and evaluates the different positions that have been raised in international criminal doctrine regarding the legal interests protected by the criminal offenses related to contemporary forms of slavery. In this sense, the strengths and weaknesses of the following proposals are analyzed: freedom, dignity, moral integrity, multi-offensiveness and legal personality. This evaluation is carried out on the basis of understanding that the legal interest provides the offense legitimacy and, at the same time, is a dogmatic category that contributes to the teleological interpretation, avoiding the problems of “underinclusion” and reducing those of “overinclusion”.Furthermore, special consideration is given to the fact that the injustice of contemporary forms of slavery lies in the severe objectification of the human being, which uses the intense control exercised over the victim. The main conclusion of this analysis is that there are material and practical reasons to maintain that dignity is the legal good protected by these crimes.