Trafficking of Children for Sexual Exploitation: Public International Law 1864-1950

The book is concerned with the development of public international law (1864-1950) relating to the trafficking of children for sexual exploitation or prostitution. It goes beyond the 2000 United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime framework which includes the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in persons, especially Women and Children. It presents a historical analysis of the preceding law on the subject, such as the 1904 International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, the International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children adopted in 1921 and the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others adopted in 1949. It throws light on how international law in relation to the trafficking of children for sexual exploitation of prostitution developed, the areas in which the development occurred and the pace of that development.