La trata de personas es un fenómeno que cada año somete a miles de víctimas en todo el mundo. Hombres, mujeres, niños, niñas y adolescentes son captados, transportados y explotados dentro y fuera de sus Estados de origen, por grupos criminales organizados o por personas de su propio entorno, perdiendo día a día su libertad, el ejercicio de sus derechos y su dignidad como seres humanos. No existen fronteras ni barreras legales que impidan estos hechos y los mecanismos de acción para la persecución y juzgamiento de los victimarios terminan siendo ineficaces ante la magnitud del problema. No existen cifras precisas sobre la cantidad de víctimas de trata de personas, sin embargo las estimaciones realizadas por distintas organizaciones internacionales plantean números escalofriantes. La Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (en adelante, OIM) considera que en el mundo ex...

La trata de personas es un fenómeno que cada año somete a miles de víctimas en todo el mundo. Hombres, mujeres, niños, niñas y adolescentes son captados, transportados y explotados dentro y fuera de sus Estados de origen, por grupos criminales organizados o por personas de su propio entorno, perdiendo día a día su libertad, el ejercicio de sus derechos y su dignidad como seres humanos. No existen fronteras ni barreras legales que impidan estos hechos y los mecanismos de acción para la persecución y juzgamiento de los victimarios terminan siendo ineficaces ante la magnitud del problema. No existen cifras precisas sobre la cantidad de víctimas de trata de personas, sin embargo las estimaciones realizadas por distintas organizaciones internacionales plantean números escalofriantes. La Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (en adelante, OIM) considera que en el mundo ex...

The text aims to identify aspects that should be considered in preparing the State’s institutions to effectively combat human trafficking of a transnational nature. It addresses four main issues. First, it notices the specific problems of foreign human trafficking victims, which could be confused or overlapped with other categories, such as migrant smuggling and illegal migrant status. Subsequently, it develops three fundamental arguments that give primacy to their status as victims of human trafficking and their specialized attention from a human rights perspective. Thirdly, it provides guidelines on the elements that should constitute this approach from the specific rights of foreign victims of human trafficking. Finally, the Peruvian legal and institutional framework is analyzed, as well as its possibilities and challenges for adequate attention to foreign victims of trafficking.

The text aims to identify aspects that should be considered in preparing the State’s institutions to effectively combat human trafficking of a transnational nature. It addresses four main issues. First, it notices the specific problems of foreign human trafficking victims, which could be confused or overlapped with other categories, such as migrant smuggling and illegal migrant status. Subsequently, it develops three fundamental arguments that give primacy to their status as victims of human trafficking and their specialized attention from a human rights perspective. Thirdly, it provides guidelines on the elements that should constitute this approach from the specific rights of foreign victims of human trafficking. Finally, the Peruvian legal and institutional framework is analyzed, as well as its possibilities and challenges for adequate attention to foreign victims of trafficking.

The text aims to identify aspects that should be considered in preparing the State’s institutions to effectively combat human trafficking of a transnational nature. It addresses four main issues. First, it notices the specific problems of foreign human trafficking victims, which could be confused or overlapped with other categories, such as migrant smuggling and illegal migrant status. Subsequently, it develops three fundamental arguments that give primacy to their status as victims of human trafficking and their specialized attention from a human rights perspective. Thirdly, it provides guidelines on the elements that should constitute this approach from the specific rights of foreign victims of human trafficking. Finally, the Peruvian legal and institutional framework is analyzed, as well as its possibilities and challenges for adequate attention to foreign victims of trafficking.