CHILD TRAFFICKING LAWS; THE NEED FOR A CHANGE
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Child trafficking, Prostitution, Child Begging, Sexual Exploitation, Child Labour, Modern SlaveryAbstract
“The single aim of my life is that every child is: free to be a child, free to grow and develop, free to eat, sleep, see daylight, free to laugh and cry, free to play, free to learn, free to go to school, and above all, free to dream.”
-Kailash Satyarthi
A child has been trafficked if he or she has been moved within a country, or across borders, whether by force or not, with the purpose of exploiting the child. Child trafficking has been a remunerative business and is one of the fastest growing criminal activities at present. The paper starts with a brief introduction on what is child trafficking, its present status in India and statistics in comparison to other countries around the globe. According to the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation), there are an estimated 1.2 million children involved in prostitution in India. If anything, these numbers are crying out for a need to be acted upon. The paper is then followed by explaining different means of exploitation of child trafficking, the most common amongst them being; using children for sexual activities, labour trafficking and child begging. The third part of the paper discusses the various acts and legislations that govern child trafficking in India, along with the judicial approach through an analysis of various cases. Further, the paper talks about how child trafficking has been dealt by different countries. In the United States, over 17,000 children are sold by human traffickers as slaves. To put that into context, it equates to 46 children per day. The paper then brings into light the recommendations given by NHRC (National Human Rights Commission) and various other organisations/agencies and in addition to that, about the rights of the abused child. The paper concludes by suggesting different measures to curb trafficking and highlights the various changes that are required to be amended in the present laws with regards to the dire situation of child abuse throughout the country.
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