In November 2000, the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Protocol to
Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and
Children (the "Trafficking Protocol").' A supplement to the U.N. Convention
Against Transnational Organized Crime, the Trafficking Protocol is the first
international instrument of its kind since the 1949 Convention for the Suppression
of the Traffic in Persons and Exploitation of the Prostitution of
Others. The Trafficking Protocol results from growing concern over the security
issues and the human rights dimensions of the movement of people
both across and within national borders.2 This Note will focus on the human
rights dimensions of the Trafficking Protocol