Comprising two volumes, this is a pioneering study which examines how the United States has deployed public diplomacy with Japan to confront Japanese sexual and labour trafficking, while also charting the successes and failures of the US’s own record on anti-trafficking practices at home and abroad. The subject is an important aspect of human rights advocacy where much remains either unknown or imprecise with regard to a phenomenon that involves millions of people across all continents and within all nation states. The approach is largely chronological and country-based, using documentary evidence from 1945 onwards to trace national and international responses to what is frequently termed ‘modern slavery’, placed within the broader and still evolving context of respect for the full panoply of human rights. Volume 1 comprises the analysis, debates and outcomes, together with ten primary documents relating to the years 1945–1999, as well as a bibliography and index. Volume 2 comprises a further 34 documents relating to the years 2000–2020, including international covenants, US Trafficking In Persons and Congressional reports, and Japanese government papers.
- VOLUME I
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- VOLUME 1: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND ASSESSMENTS
- 1. Transformation: The Post-War Rise of Human Rights
- 2. Start-Up: Occupied Japan and the Allied Reforms Era
- 3. Leadership: The US and Anti-Trafficking
- 4. Catch-Up: Japan and Anti-Trafficking
- 5. Challenges: Current US Realities
- 6. Assessments: Trafficking to Mid-Century
- Postscript
- PRIMARY SOURCES 1945–1995
- 1. US Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan, The Dept of State Bulletin, 23 September 1945
- 2. The Constitution of Japan, Promulgated on November 3, 1946
- 3. United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights 10 December 1948
- 4. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 3 January 1976
- 5. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 23 March 1976
- 6. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 3 September 1981
- 7. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2 September 1990
- 8. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, 18 December 1990
- 9. Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 25 June 1993
- 10. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: the Fourth World Conference on Women, 15 September 1995
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover
- VOLUME II
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- VOLUME 2 : PRIMARY SOURCES 2000–2020
- 11. President Clinton, Statement on Signing the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, 28 October 2000
- 12. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, UN General Assembly resolution 55/25 of 15 November 2000
- 13. The Yokohama Global Commitment 2001, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
- 14. Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report, June 2002
- 15. H.R. 2620: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, 26 June 2003
- 16. The International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) and Japan Network Against Trafficking in Persons (JNATIP), Recommendations from Japan based NGOs for Solidarity and Joint Action in Combating Trafficking in Women and Children, Hanoi, September 2004
- 17. UNODC, Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, February 2009
- 18. TIP Report: Ten Years of Partnering to Combat Modern Slavery, 4 June 2010
- 19. United Nations Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons, 30 July 2010
- 20. Congressional Research Service, Trafficking in Persons: US Policy and Issues for Congress, 23 December 2010
- 21. UN Human Rights Council, Japan, National Report, measures to combat trafficking in persons, 6 August 2012
- 22. Japan’s 2014 Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, 16 December 2014
- 23. Japan’s Human Rights Commitments and Pledges (Candidature for HRC membership 2017–2019), 15 July 2016
- 24. End of visit statement, United States of America (6–16 December 2016) by Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, UN Special Rapporteur in Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children
- 25. US Dept of State 2017 Trafficking in Persons report on USA: Tier 1
- 26. US Dept of State 2017 Trafficking in Persons report on Japan: Tier 2
- 27. US Dept of Justice, Key Legislation on Human Trafficking, 6 January 2017
- 28. Congressional Research Service, Human Trafficking: New Global Estimates of Forced Labor and Modern Slavery, October 18, 2017
- 29. US Dept of State 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report, Tier Placements
- 30. US Dept of State 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report on U.S.A, Tier 1
- 31. US Dept of State 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report on Japan, Tier 1
- 32. UN General Assembly Report by Special Rapporteur: Contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, 10 July 2018
- 33. UN Human Rights, Ratification Status for Japan
- 34. UN Human Rights, Ratification Status for United States of America
- 35. The Global Slavery Index 2018, Walk Free Foundation
- 36. President Donald Trump on Trafficking, 11 October 2018
- 37. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2019, Tier Placements
- 38. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2019, Country Report Japan, Tier 1
- 39. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2019, Country Report USA, Tier 1
- 40. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2020, Global Law Enforcement Data
- 41. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2020, Tier Placements
- 42. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2020, Country Report Japan, Tier 2
- 43. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2020, Country Report USA, Tier 1
- 44. US Dept of State, International Conventions Relevant to Combating Trafficking in Persons
- Back Cover