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EU Anti-trafficking Coordinator: Trajectory of a Unique Mandate

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This article examines the development of the mandate and function of the Office of the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator based in the European Commission. The analysis is situated in the broader EU legal and policy framework on trafficking in human beings, as part of the development of the area of freedom, security, and justice (“AFSJ”). The article examines the institutional dynamics of the AFSJ and their expression in the context of the EU anti-trafficking action and in particular how the Stockholm Programme and the legislative negotiations toward the adoption of Directive 2011/36/EU influenced the creation of the mandate of the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator. What was the trajectory to the establishment of this mandate? What were the institutional, political, and legal dynamics fuelling the process? The article is based largely on primary sources and publicly available transcripts of negotiations and parliamentary sessions, as literature on this subject is rather limited. Finally, the article briefly examines the main elements of the mandate in practice.

The views expressed here are those of the author and do not represent the position of the European Commission.

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  1. Office of the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

    Zoi Sakelliadou

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  1. Mount Royal University , Calgary, AB, Canada

    John A. Winterdyk

  2. Bristol Law School, UWE , Bristol, UK

    Jackie Jones

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Sakelliadou, Z. (2019). EU Anti-trafficking Coordinator: Trajectory of a Unique Mandate. In: Winterdyk, J., Jones, J. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Human Trafficking. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63192-9_70-1

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