Trata de personas y derechos humanos. Una mirada a través del cine

Abstract

The purpose of this research work is to narrate, from a human rights approach, the concept of trafficking in persons for the purpose of sexual exploitation of women. For the above mentioned purposes, specific cases will be studied in selected cinematographic films. Understanding the mobilizing power of the audiovisual narrative, the crime of Human Trafficking will be characterized as a serious violation of Human Rights, through a critical view and from the perspective of cinema as a social instrument of sensitization and denunciation of this conduct. In this sense, the conceptual elements related to Human Trafficking from a Human Rights approach will be presented, relating them to the selected films. Next, human rights violations in human trafficking in the form of sexual exploitation of women will be pointed out. In addition, the international responsibilities of the States and the measures of reparation to the victims of rights violations due to trafficking in women in the context of international human rights law will be identified. As a result of this research, it will also be possible to establish whether the Cinema has addressed human trafficking in a manner consistent with the current reality, and whether this approach has been sufficient, or in general terms "has fallen short" and there is still a long way to go.