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Legalisation of prostitution would be an anti-women and anti-rehabilitation measure,
leading to violation of human rights of the trafficked persons.
Trafficking prone areas and district should be identified in the States with the twin
objectives of awareness generation and generation of viable economic options, extending
the various Government welfare services and anti-poverty schemes to even remotest
areas.
The police should plan rescue operations in cooperation with the institutional authorities,
towards a humanistic and rehabilitation-oriented approach with the rescued women
and children.
In order to be successfully reintegrated, every woman rescued from prostitution
requires an alternative source of income, which again is dependent on effective skills
and training. Hence, the effectiveness of traditional skills that is being taught to the
women in the government institutions needs to be re-examined, keeping in mind the
changing economic scenario. The government Shelter Homes should also be open to
facilitate the mobility of the women and girls required in order to obtain vocational
training outside.
In order to prevent re-trafficking, there was need to establish a proper follow-up
mechanism for repatriated women and children.
4) Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Prevention of
Trafficking in Women and Children
7.13 The Advisory Council of Jurists (ACJ) of the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human
Rights Institutions that met in New Delhi on the 11th and 12th of November 2002, at its
Seventh Annual Meeting, deliberated on the role of National Human Rights Institutions
in the Prevention of Trafficking in Women and Children, and also submitted its final report.
7.14 The final report submitted by the ACJ contains the recommendations of the Council
on the issue of Trafficking (Annexure…..). Subsequently, the Commission in its meeting held
on 03.9.2003 adopted the recommendations made by the Council in its report. The Commission
also desired that the report be forwarded to the Department of Women and Child Development
(the Nodal Ministry) and the Ministry of Home Affairs for appropriate action. Accordingly,
the report has been sent to the concerned Ministries with the request that action taken
on the recommendations be reported to the Commission.
5) Prevention of Sex Tourism and Trafficking
7.15 The Commission in its last annual report mentioned that it had organised a one-day
Sensitisation Programme on Prevention of Sex Tourism and Trafficking on 12 January 2003
ANNUAL REPORT 2003-04