Australia's response to trafficking in women: towards a model for the regulation of forced migration in the Asia-Pacific region: data

This dataset collected by Susan Kneebone and Julie Debeljak of Monash University is an output from an ARC Linkage Project funded by Monash University, World Vision Australia, Australian Human Rights Commission, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department and Cardno Emerging Markets (Cardno Acil). It includes recordings and transcripts of interviews, a questionnaire, examples of consent forms, an annotated bibliography and a summary of Thai legislation. The problem of trafficking in persons and issues of forced migration in the Asia‑Pacific region are matters of national concern as they involve the security of the nation and the prevention of organised transnational crime. Approximately 80 confidential interviews were conducted with government officials, law enforcement officers and staff from non-government organisations in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam in order to evaluate Australia's legal and policy responses to the trafficking of women and children from the perspective of criminal justice, international human rights law and migration law. The interview questionnaire sought to find details concerning gender and age in the cause and response to trafficking which could be analysed in order to inform a model to regulate forced migration in the Asia-Pacific region. A forthcoming monograph, Transnational crime and human rights: responses to human trafficking in the Greater Mekong Subregion, based on the project data, focuses on governance and takes into account the international, regional and national levels of all forms of human trafficking including labour trafficking and the special position of children. Project data has also been used to provide reference material for a workshop attended by 60 participants from Australian government agencies and non-government organisations involved in combating trafficking. The research is also useful for a number of disciplines including anthropology and geography, where information about the legal and policy framework is of interest.

本数据集由莫纳什大学（Monash University）的苏珊·尼本（Susan Kneebone）与朱莉·德贝尔雅克（Julie Debeljak）收集，源自一项由莫纳什大学、澳大利亚世界宣明会（World Vision Australia）、澳大利亚人权委员会（Australian Human Rights Commission）、联邦总检察长部（Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department）以及卡多新兴市场公司（Cardno Emerging Markets, 原Cardno Acil）资助的澳大利亚研究理事会联动项目（ARC Linkage Project）。该数据集包含访谈录音与转写文本、调查问卷、同意书示例、带注释的参考书目，以及泰国立法概况。人口贩运与亚太地区被迫移民议题事关国家安全与有组织跨国犯罪防控，属于国家层面的核心关切。研究团队在泰国、柬埔寨、老挝与越南开展了约80场保密访谈，受访对象涵盖政府官员、执法人员及非政府组织工作人员，旨在从刑事司法、国际人权法与移民法视角，评估澳大利亚针对贩运妇女和儿童的法律与政策应对措施。本次访谈调查问卷旨在挖掘与贩运行为成因及应对措施相关的性别与年龄维度细节，以期通过分析此类信息，构建可用于规范亚太地区被迫移民问题的治理模型。基于本项目数据的专著《跨国犯罪与人权：大湄公河次区域应对人口贩运》即将付梓，该著作聚焦治理议题，涵盖包括劳工贩运在内的各类人口贩运形式以及儿童的特殊处境，并兼顾国际、区域与国家三个层面的应对机制。项目数据还被用于为一场研讨会提供参考资料，该研讨会共有来自澳大利亚参与打击贩运行动的政府机构与非政府组织的60名代表参与。本研究成果还可应用于人类学、地理学等多个学科，相关法律与政策框架信息对上述学科均具有研究价值。