Human Trafficking in a Global Context
Fall & Spring
| 3 credits
| Elective
| Study Tour:
A four-day
Amsterdam
Majors:
Gender Studies,
Legal Studies,
and
Sociology
Globally, human trafficking ranks among the most profitable criminal activities. It is also a violation of human rights. In this course, students will gain an understanding of the issue of trafficking, including its extent, relation to other criminal activities, and its victims and perpetrators. They will also learn the most important elements of the legal and policy framework addressing trafficking at the European and international level.
Field Studies
- Red Light District Tour
- Join Casper Smidt from the Danish Red Cross to get a glimpse of the real, on the ground conditions that women trafficked into prostitution face in Denmark.
- American Embassy
- Meet your classmates at the American Embassy in Østerbro to learn how issues of trafficking are dealt with in the United States.
- Opional Study Tour
- Students have the option to participate on the weekend study tour, Amsterdam: Perspectives on Prostitution and Human Trafficking. The study tour is not required and comes at an additional cost. If you are interested, please sign up through student online registration. Spots are limited and filled on a first come basis. Please take note that this trip will not take place in the Spring 2012 semester, but is expected to run again in Fall 2012.
Instructors
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Anne Brandt Christensen
Cand.jur. (Law, University of Copenhagen, 1995) and Advokat (Danish Bar). Chairman of the NGO HopeNow, has worked with anti-trafficking in Denmark and internationally since 2007, including the Danish Red Cross. Has worked with CSR and sustainability for corporations in Denmark and internationally since 2000. With DIS since 2007.
