NOTES AND COMMENTS Cataclysm within Cataclysm: Do Catastrophic Events Impact Child Trafficking?
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Date
2023-03
Journal Title
Indian Journal of Law and Justice
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Bandyopadhyay, Rathin
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University of North Bengal
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Luvleen, & Bhardwaj, S. (2023). NOTES AND COMMENTS Cataclysm within Cataclysm: Do Catastrophic Events Impact Child Trafficking? Indian Journal of Law and Justice, 14(1), 326–342. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/5003
Authors
Luvleen
Bhardwaj, Shikhar
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Abstract
India through her Constitution, legislation, and ratifications to the international
conventions has always condemned the felony of trafficking. The Immoral Traffic
(Prevention) Act was inducted in the year 1956 to protect humans from
trafficking. Since then, hundreds of cases have been dealt with under the act, but
the act remained silent on the most intensifying and escalating issue, i.e.,
trafficking during the disastrous events. India has faced striking catastrophes
almost every two years and with that, the rise has been comprehended in
trafficking. Children being easy targets were majorly trafficked from the battered
regions. This raises the question as to whether India has taken preventive and
protective measures with respect to the trafficking of children in catastrophic
times. The paper is discussed on three planes: (1) Whether there is any law that
specifically covers the protection of children from being trafficked during
catastrophic events, (2) Whether the catastrophic events affect the number of
children being trafficked and the intensity of trafficking during such events, (3)
Whether the government has righteously approached the apprehension of
trafficking during catastrophes. Last, of all, this paper scrutinizes the rescuing
and restorative steps taken by the government as well as other organisations to
protect the victims of trafficking. In conclusion, the paper put3 forth solutions that
need to be implemented and evaluates the 2021 bill on the prevention of
trafficking.
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14
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0976-3570
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326 - 342