Trafficking in Human Beings Amounting to Torture and other Forms ...

Table of Contents
Foreword and Acknowledgements 5
General Introduction 7
Part I: Trafficking in Human Beings
Amounting to Torture and other Forms of
Ill-treatment – Legal Analysis 9
Acronyms 12
1 Introduction 13
2 The Prohibition of Torture and other
Forms of Ill-treatment and of Trafficking
in Human Beings 14
3 Can Trafficking in Human Beings amount
to Torture or other Forms of Ill-treatment? –
Applying the International Definition of
Torture and other Forms of Ill-treatment
to Trafficking in Human Beings 20
4 Legal Implications in case Trafficking
in Human Beings amounts to Torture
or other Forms of Ill-treatment 28
5 Conclusions and Recommendations 39
ANNEX Main References 41
6 Understanding the Significance of “Complex
Trauma” for Victims of Human Trafficking 84
Part Two – Here, and Now: Sustaining Victims
of Human Trafficking from Referral to Recovery 89
7 Applying therapeutic
principles to contact work
with clients 89
8 The Foundations of Therapy
for Victims of Human Trafficking 99
9 Therapeutic Work which Addresses
the Trafficking Experience 102
10 Understanding the Process of
Recovery for Victims of Human
Trafficking 111
11 Conclusions and
Recommendations 114
ANNEX 1
The Helen Bamber Foundation Initial
Assessment Form 118
ANNEX 2
Main References 121
Part II: Clinical Links Between Human
Trafficking and Torture 45
Acronyms 48
1 Introduction 49
Part One – Clinical Links Between
Human Trafficking and Torture 53
2 Forms Of Interpersonal
Violence Suffered By Victims
Of Human Trafficking 53
3 Clinical Assessment of
Physical and Psychological Injuries
in Human Trafficking Cases 57
4 Understanding the Psychological
Impact of Trafficking Upon Victims’ Ability to
Provide an Account of Their Experiences 66
5 Psychological Trauma Symptoms 74