The gender dimension of human trafficking. Interferences from the legal culture. The Spanish case
The gender dimension of human trafficking. Interferences from the legal culture. The Spanish case

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to verify in depth the compliance of Spain in terms of the application of the Directive, in particular the adoption of a gender perspective. It will do it from the viewpoint that legal actors such as judges, practitioners and legislators need to work with some supposedly consensual idea of legal culture as a regulative ideal when they argue what the European law requires. The main hypothesis is that theSpanish legal culture regarding human trafficking interferes with the EU policy on the matter, especially the fuller implementation of its gender aspects, rendering the transposition and implementation of different elements of the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive contradictory and ineffective. To support her conclusions, the author offers contextual information based on pre-legislative and academic discussions related to the legislative actions taken by the government to transpose the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive from a gender perspective.

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