Slavery in the Name of Tolerance: Whether an International Legal Obligation Exists to Criminalize Prostitution

I. Introduction II. Background of Applicable International Law on Slavery and Sex Trafficking ... A. International Law Prohibiting Slavery and the Slave Trade ... B. International Law Prohibiting Sex Trafficking ... C. Sex Trafficking as Slavery: Overlap of the Practices ... D. An Alternative Way to Think about the Issue: Commercial Sexual Exploitation as Slavery III. International Legal Obligations to Criminalize and Prevent Slavery and Sex Trafficking ... A. Obligation to Criminalize and Prevent Sex Trafficking ... B. Obligation to Criminalize and Prevent Slavery IV. Conflict between Obligation to Criminalize and Other Human Rights V. Conclusio