Introducción
| Pages | 13-25 |
| Author | Georgina Rodríguez Muñoz |
INTRODUCCIÓN
La trata de personas representa una de las violaciones más graves a los de-
rechos y libertades fundamentales de sus víctimas, constituyendo una evidente
transgresión del orden jurídico internacional. Tal como lo señala acertadamen-
te el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (en
adelante, ACNUDH), las vulneraciones de derechos humanos son tanto una
causa como una consecuencia de este fenómeno1. No obstante, si bien en la ac-
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cho reconocimiento no ha sido una constante histórica. En efecto, la trata de
personas ha estado presente de forma persistente a lo largo de la historia de la
económicos y políticos de cada época.
Los orígenes históricos de la trata de personas se remontan a épocas en
las que los seres humanos eran concebidos como mercancías, una concepción
Mediterráneo, y que acreció durante el Imperio Romano2. Asimismo, el carác-
ya en la Edad Moderna se registraban prácticas sistemáticas de comercio de
personas, particularmente africanas, con destino a los continentes americano
y asiático, así como a diversos Estados del mundo árabe. Estos antecedentes
históricos permiten comprender la dimensión estructural y persistente de la
1 ACNUDH. Principios y Directrices recomendados sobre los Derechos Humanos y la trata
de personas,
Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (E/2002/68/Add.1) [Principios
y Directrices recomendados sobre los Derechos Humanos y la trata de personas], p. 5.
2 OBOKOTA, Tom, (Nijhoff
Publishers, 2006), p. 10.
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