FROM BONDAGE TO FREEDOM 10 Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of Prostitution of Others. This Convention would be analyzed in detail in Chapter 3. This early confusion of recognizing trafficking with prostitution is still seen in the anti-trafficking activism of some individuals, organizations and Governments today. Unfortunately, Governments of some destination countries also continue to conflate trafficking with undocumented migration particularly with prostitution25. These responses do not bring out the entire gamut of the problem on the contrary harm the interest of women. These Governments generally adopt stricter immigration policies particularly to combat the movement of young women; under the guise of combating ‘illegal trafficking in persons’. From the foregoing account one can thus see that at different points of time in history, the then prevailing concept of trafficking has • ignored the human rights of trafficked persons; • been used by moralists and abolitionists to dictate to women in prostitution; • been used by Governments to restrict the movements of women.26 D. Defining Trafficking In last two decades the most important developments in the work to address trafficking have been in obtaining clarity on these issues, and evolving a definition of “trafficking in persons” which would be in accordance with human rights principles and be globally acceptable27. The development of modern definition of trafficking is necessary in order to develop strategies which would also work towards real enhancement of the rights of the people involved, and be effective in preventing trafficking. But before coming to the Human Rights Definition of Trafficking let us trace the series of events that led to the evolving of the aforementioned definition. 25 Ratna Kapur, “Tricks and the Law, Legal Regulation of Trafficking, Sex Work and Migration”, Technical Consultative Meeting on Anti Trafficking Programs in South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal, September2001. 26 Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women, Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons, GAATW, Bangkok, Thailand, 2001,p.27. 27 Lin Chew, Addressing Trafficking in Persons in the Human Rights Framework, paper presented for the Technical Consultative Meeting on Anti-Trafficking Programmes in South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal, September 2001. (The Technical Consultative Meeting was organized by Population Council, Path and UNIFEM.)