Theme: The Economics of Human Trafficking
The Protection Project is calling for papers describing and analyzing the various economic aspects of the trade in human beings, both for the victims and the instigators of trafficking. Section 112A(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 calls for research into the economic causes and consequences of trafficking in persons. The Protection Project is hosting a panel discussion on the economics of human trafficking on November 10, 2008 in Washington, D.C. Authors of selected papers will be invited to DC to present as part of the panel.

Possible themes to explore may include, but are not limited to:
„X Money Laundering and trafficking in persons
„X Economic synthesis of various forms of trafficking
„X Illicit Markets and interplay with licit markets
„X Economic analysis of Sex Tourism
„X Economic analysis of the Organ Trade
„X Tax implications of Human Trafficking
„X Business operations of the industries into which people are trafficked
„X Financial gains and losses realized by using trafficked labor
„X Government or other third party economic gains by being amenable to trafficking
„X Application of the Law of Supply and Demand to Human Trafficking

The Protection Project is a human rights research institute based at the Foreign Policy Institute at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. The Protection Project focuses on the promotion of human rights values throughout the world. Of particular importance to The Protection Project is the protection of human security, especially women¡¦s and children¡¦s rights; fostering of civil society and NGO development through capacity building and coalition building; enhancement of the rule of law by encouraging citizen participation in the political process; advancement of human rights education; and elimination of trafficking in persons.

Please send a one page abstract to the Protection Project by August 22, 2008. Submissions for full papers will be accepted until September 26, 2008. Potential panelists will be invited no later than October 3, 2008. The panel will be held at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. on November 10, 2008.