The Security and Humanitarian Approach to the Phenomenon of Human Trafficking : A Study of the Repercussions and Protection Mechanisms

Abstract

This study examines human trafficking as a compound threat that simultaneously undermines human security in its individual dimensions (physical, economic, and social) and national and international security in its traditional sense. The research begins with the conceptual and legal framework of the phenomenon in light of international conventions, notably the Palermo Protocol, before analyzing the multidimensional repercussions of this crime on personal safety and bodily autonomy, on economic and social stability through the weakening of the labor market and the disintegration of family structures, and on its links to the financing of organized crime and its threat to the political security of states. The study concludes that confronting this phenomenon requires moving beyond a purely security-based approach centered on deterrence and criminal prosecution, toward a comprehensive strategy that integrates preventive, protective, and developmental dimensions, grounded in strengthened international and regional cooperation to dismantle transnational criminal networks and address the structural roots of the phenomenon, chiefly poverty, unemployment, and marginalization.