| Abstract [eng] |
The article is devoted to the phenomenon of trafficking in humans, which is special for it‘s enormous and dangerous contradiction to the human rights and freedom, as well as it‘s role of an indicator of the other social problems in a society. In a light of the legal dissucion and criminological discourse the various aspects of the trafficking in humans are being analysed and evaluated. Considering the fact that the subject of this article – human trafficking – is complicated and multiple phenomenon, the whole analysis of the problem is concentrated more to the aspect of the trafficking in children. This article introduces the definitions of trafficking in humans, trafficking in children and child that are essential for the further analysis of the subject. The article also covers the pecularities of regulation of the criminal act in the international documents and penal laws in Lithuania. Furthermore, the attention is being paid to the problems of the compatibility between the national penal laws and provisions of the international documents. The article deals with the analysis of the norm on trafficking in humans/children, consolidated in the Criminal code of Republic of Lithuania, it‘s legal nature and evolution. The analysis of the qualitative features leads to the comparison and separation of the mentioned criminal acts and other crimes, as well as the related phenomena of prostitution and illegal migration. The article reveals the description of the criminal of the trafficking in humans. The particular attention is paid to a juridical person as a specific criminal of the trafficking in humans, essential aspects and problems of it‘s legal responsibility for commiting such a crime are taken into course. There is a study of the organised criminal group as a criminal, distinguishing onself with the higher extent of the negative, illegal impact towards human rights. On a basis of the criminological researches and statistical data the victim of a trafficking in humans is being examined, considering the most common social-demographic profiles. The study of this article is especially focused on the children as a specific group with a greater risk to fall a victim of the trafficking in human-beings. The problems of a victim‘s responsibility is being taken into course as well. Since the trafficking in humans is considered as a pressing and urgent problem in a society, the article reveals the basic and most obvious aspects of the national experience and perspectives combating and preventing trafficking in persons. |
