GSD academic publishes special edition with acclaimed human trafficking journal

A special edition guest edited by one of our teaching faculty has been published in the Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.

Professor Chris Dolan, who leads our undergraduate module on Violence, Peace, and Sustainable Development and a new undergraduate module on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, has led the preparation of a special edition for the journal, based on the nexus between asylum seeking, conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), and human trafficking.

 

The special edition, which was published in early September, features contributing articles from around the globe, with articles including:

• Moving Beyond Fragmented Approaches to Human Trafficking? Uganda as a Case Study (Gillian Kane - Ulster University School of Law, Belfast, Devota Nuwe - International Refugee Rights Initiative, Siobhán Mullally - Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, University of Galway)
• Interconnected Experiences of Violence: Exploring the Nexus of Sexual Violence, Migration, and Asylum Plans for People on the Move in Latin America (Diana Gómez-López, Lindsay Salem-Bango, Marcos Tamariz, Nasiha Hussain, Mallary Taylor, Serena Sorrenti, Iza Ciglenecki, Reinaldo Ortuño Gutiérrez, María Laura Chacón, Nelly Staderini, Derek C. Johnson)
• Human Trafficking in Armed Terrorist Conflicts: Gendered Dimensions of Rehabilitation and Reintegration (R&R) of Moroccan Women and Girls Returning from Conflict Areas in Iraq and Syria (Hiba El Bayed - Doctoral researcher in criminal law, Mohammed V University of Rabat-Morocco)
• Unveiling Hidden Truths: Methodological Challenges in Documenting Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Among Trafficked Persons and Refugees in Kenya (Terry Jeff Odhiambo - Doctoral student, School for Cross-faculty Studies, University of Warwick)

In his opening editorial piece, Prof Dolan commented:

"In combination, the contributions in the Special Issue indicate that the exploration, documentation and analysis of the asylum/CRSV/TIP nexus should not be regarded as an academic cul-de-sac. Rather, given the inexorable rise over the last fifteen years in numbers ‘forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order’, and given that, as this issue indicates, there will undoubtedly be accompanying rises in both sexual violence and trafficking, such explorations must become an urgent priority."

You can find out more about this special edition by visiting the journal’s website.