Post by: Joseph Woltmann
My name is Joseph Woltmann and I am a 3L who is in my
fifth and final semester of working with the Center for Global Justice.
Throughout my time in the Center, I have been fortunate to work on a variety of
projects targeted towards protecting victims of human trafficking, abuse and
violence within and outside of the United States.
These projects have fueled my own passion in the fight
against human trafficking. More specifically, these projects have highlighted
the plight of the victims. Victims face a wealth of issues, including legal,
economic, educational, and psychological issues. With regard to legal issues, often
times, victims have criminal records due to their trafficking, and as such,
they are very much handicapped in their pursuit of a ‘normal’ life after their
trafficking experience.
Fortunately, many states have judicial relief for
victims in the form of expungement and vacatur, but this this relief does not adequately
restore victims to normalcy. This knowledge has fueled my passion, and has led
to my writing of articles specifically to benefit victims of human trafficking.
Human trafficking is an epidemic, and what victims
face during and after their trafficking is atrocious. Therefore, more awareness
of these issues is needed and, more importantly, laws must be changed and
created to protect and restore victims of human trafficking.
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