...... 72 RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN of the programmes conducted were – training programmes for the police officers, public prosecutors, judicial officers, non-governmental organisations and public awareness campaigns. In all more than 34 training programmes involving more than 2000 police officials, 7 training programmes for judicial officers and 41 training sessions for NGOs and civil society members were facilitated. During the course of the action research, rescue operations and rehabilitation of individual victims was also carried out. 7.4 One of the important aspects of this research has been collection of qualitative data in the form of case studies that profile the exploitation of victims, trends and dimensions of trafficking, law enforcement and preventive aspects of trafficking. 7.5 The data collection from the different respondents in the field was completed in May 2003. Thereafter, code books were developed based on the responses in the schedules. Accordingly, data in all the filled-in interview scheduled was coded. The coded data was then fed in the computer. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to carry out the statistical analysis. Based on this, the final report of the Action Research is being prepared. The recommendations emanating from the research will be put under the following categories: cross-cutting issues, prevention of trafficking, protection of victims and survivors, prosecution of traffickers and other exploiters, changes proposed in the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956. The basic aim is to ensure that all anti-trafficking interventions/ initiatives should strictly follow the human rights paradigm, so that the rights of the trafficked persons are always protected. The final report of the Action Research is expected to be completed by May-June 2004. 2) Trafficking in Women and Children: Manual for the Judiciary for Gender Sensitisation 7.6 In the annual report of 2002-2003, it was reported that the Commission had constituted a Committee to work out the structure and details of a manual for the use of the judiciary on Trafficking in Women and Children for Commercial Sexual Exploitation, under the chairmanship of Justice (Smt.) Sujata V. Manohar, Member, NHRC and comprised representatives from the Department of Women & Child Development (DWCD), Ministry of Home Affairs, National Commission for Women, UNICEF, UNIFEM, Lawyers’ Collective and the Joint Women’s Programme. This Committee further recommended that the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore be commissioned to prepare the manual. 7.7 In consonance with the objectives framed for the manual, the Committee decided that for the purpose of drafting the manual, the NLSIU should convene State level consultations with judicial officers, public prosecutors, police and NGOs as well as collect information from judicial officers through a mail-questionnaire so as to assess their understanding of issues surrounding trafficking, from the following ten States, namely, Karnataka, Madhya NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION