The Council of Europe Convention specifies that “’Victim’ shall mean any natural person who is subject to trafficking in human beings as defined in this Article” (Article 4 of the Convention). The term thus refers to a victim of crime, who is also considered to be a victim of his or her trafficker(s). The Convention uses the term “victim of trafficking in human beings” (Article 10.2). The term “victim of trafficking” is used by some organisations to refer to anyone who has been trafficked. Other organisations assert that use of the term ‘victim’ hinders the recovery of people who have been trafficked and prefer to refer to them as ‘trafficked persons’. Some organisations which assist women or girls who have been trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation prefer to refer to them as ‘survivors’.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Human rights
- Category: Human Trafficking
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