Cativos do Protocolo de Palermo

Abstract

The Palermo Protocol is one of the most important documents about human trafficking, a matter of great importance in a globalized world. Signed by almost all countries, the Protocol is a step forward even if it still has problems that reflect upon the groups it intends to protect. The strongest criticism against this document is the distance between the State and the persons, treated as “victims”. The official tone of the text, besides victimizing people, promotes the State as the only savior. The most evident consequence of this document is the reduction of people to the condition of “victims”, seen as incapable of managing their own lives. A natural development of this is the lack of connection between Federal Police units and the trafficked, that suffer even more in the hands of the traffic.