An Attem pt to Contr ol H um an Tr afficking fr om a H um an

Rights-Based Appr oach: The Case of Spain

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Silvia Rodríguez-López (1) Email author (s.rodriguezl@udc.es)

1. Department of Criminal Law, University of A Coruna, , A Coruña, Spain

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Anti-trafficking mechanisms in Spain can only be understood within the context of a general strategy set out in European
Law, characterized by the adoption of a human rights-based approach. Thus, the Spanish Criminal Code has been modified
on several occasions to criminalize human trafficking in accordance with European legislation. Moreover, with the goal of
implementing other international obligations beyond mere criminal prosecution, several measures have been adopted,
framed within two comprehensive plans to combat human trafficking for the periods 2009–2012 and 2015–2018. This
chapter shall critically analyze the application of these mechanisms in theory and in practice, aiming to offer an unclouded
vision of the response to this crime in Spain.

Keywor ds
Human trafficking Human rights Victim protection Spanish criminal law
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Rodríguez-López S. (2019) An Attempt to Control Human Trafficking from a Human Rights-Based Approach: The Case of Spain. I n: Winterdyk J., Jones J.
(eds) The Palgrave I nternational Handbook of Human Trafficking. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https:/ / doi.org/ 10.1007/ 978-3-319-63192-9_53-1

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First Online 24 January 2019
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