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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 1(4), pp. 172 - 179
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2013.010402
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Combating Human Trafficking: A Legal Perspective with Special Reference to India
Eira Mishra *
National Law Institute University, Bhopal (M.P.),India
ABSTRACT
Trafficking of human beings is a global phenomenon which has gained momentum in recent years. It is the modern-day equivalent of slavery. Trafficking in persons is the third largest form of organised crime after trafficking in arms and drugs (UNODC, 2000). Even though the crime of human trafficking for any purpose is both under-recorded and under-reported, the 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report estimated at least 600,000 to 800,000 women and children being trafficked across international borders every year, the majority being trafficked into commercial sexual exploitation (US DHHS, 2004). This paper seeks to provide an analytical framework for designing more effective laws against human trafficking. The paper in first place, examines human trafficking operations in India and the efforts of the Indian government, non-governmental organizations, and various international organisations to put a stop to trafficking by prosecution of traffickers and providing assistance to survivors of trafficking. The second section investigates the causes of human trafficking which make India both a source and a destination of trafficking in persons, as it continues to grow globally. In the final section of the paper viable solutions to effectively reduce India's tolerance to human trafficking and to secure people from being trafficked internally and to various countries are worked out. The legal arrangements for the protection of human rights and the dignity of women and children in the Indian context and the efforts which the government ought to take in order to eradicate this evil are suggested. This paper is a piece of pure theoretical work and consists of a simple research aimed at finding a particular statement of law or a more complex and in-depth analysis of legal reasoning.
KEYWORDS
Human trafficking, India, Poverty, Gender violence, Rescue and Rehabilitation
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[1] Eira Mishra , "Combating Human Trafficking: A Legal Perspective with Special Reference to India," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 172 - 179, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2013.010402.
(b). APA Format:
Eira Mishra (2013). Combating Human Trafficking: A Legal Perspective with Special Reference to India. Sociology and Anthropology, 1(4), 172 - 179. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2013.010402.