2010 Winter Games analysis on human trafficking / : Analyse Jeux d'hiver 2010 et traite de personnes

The four main questions that guided the research were as follows: a) What are the multiple effects of the presence of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver/Whistler in the following areas: cross international border movements, inter- and intra-provincial migration, and within region recruitment into such sectors as sex work/prostitution, construction, manufacturing, and the sal [...] The researchers also undertook an extensive analysis of available print media, focusing on national and provincial coverage in the period between 2006, when discussions about the link between human trafficking and the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games first surfaced in the media, and August 2010, the endpoint of the study. [...] Regardless of the level of anonymity participants chose, the confidentiality of the original data was protected using a number of standard procedures: the coding of each interview (digital recording and transcript) and the storage of the original data on a secure online site, in password protected computer files, and in locked cabinets. [...] The UN Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking (2002), for example, stressed that the “human rights of trafficked persons shall be at the centre of all efforts to prevent and combat trafficking” and that “anti- trafficking measures shall not adversely affect the human rights and dignity of persons, in particular the rights of those who have been trafficked, and [...] Similarly, there was little or no discussion of human trafficking prior to and during the FIFA World Cup in Paris in 1998 and in Korea/Japan in 2002, or the UEFA championships in Belgium/Netherlands in 2000 and in Portugal in 2004.