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Cambodia's Red Light District
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Thesis
My paper will argue that the enslavement of children in brothels in Cambodia should be prosecuted as a crimes against humanity because it is a widespread, condoned activity by the local government that has become a part of the Cambodian culture.
Inspiration
Road Map
-Slavery defined under international law
-Discuss key cases
-Definition of a Crime Against Humanity under the Rome Statute.
-Dissecting the elements of a CAH.
-Applying the elements to the alleged crime within the brothels in Cambodia
Criteria:
1. Complete Control
2. Hard labor for little or no pay
3. Economic Exploitation
Definition of Slavery Under International
Law
3 Important cases to help define Sexual Slavery
Prosecutor v. Kunarac: ICTY
Siliadin v. France
R v. Tang: Australia
Prosecutor v. Akayesu: ICTR
Definition of a Crime Against Humanity
Attack Against a Civilian Population:
Under the Rome Statute:
"A Crime Against Humanity is defined as any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian populations with knowledge of the attack:
(a) Murder
(b) Extermination
(c) Enslavement
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Knowledge of the attack
Mens Rea
What amounts to "Widespread and Systematic"
Some factors to consider:
-massive
-frequent
-large scale
"CAH must be commited in pursuance of a state or organized policy
Rome Statue Article 7 (2)(a)
Applying the elements to the Brothels in Cambodia
Cambodia's Red Light District Does Not Mean Stop