Orphanage Trafficking in International Law

Provides the first-ever comprehensive legal analysis of orphanage trafficking in international law.

This book explores how children are trafficked into orphanages in developing countries to profit from voluntourism and donations, a process known as orphanage trafficking. Orphanage trafficking in International Law explores how this process occurs, what drives it, how it should be regarded legally and presents a framework for combating it.Orphanage Trafficking in International Law explores the process of orphanage trafficking as a form of child trafficking in international law, examining the contexts in which it occurs and providing a comprehensive, holistic approach to addressing the issue as a form of trafficking. In doing so, this book establishes the method and process of orphanage trafficking as an issue of international concern. It reconceptualises the activity of orphanage tourism as a demand driver for child trafficking and a form of exploitation, and makes recommendations for how countries where orphanage trafficking occurs, as well as countries that contribute to orphanage trafficking via funding and volunteers, should tackle the issue.