Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations, Policies, Reports, and Judgements Article(s) of the CEDAW Article 61 : CONSTITUTION: States Parties shall take all appropriate measures including legislation, to suppress: A. 23: Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour • All forms of traffic in women (2).... • Exploitation of prostitution of women. (1)Prohibits traffic in human beings and begar2 and other similar forms of forced labour and provides that any contravention of this provision is a punishable offence.3 A. 394: The State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards securing— (a)...... (b)...... (c)…… (d)....... (e) The health and strength of workers be it an adult or a child should not be abused. No citizens should be forced by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or strength. (f)....... LEGISLATIONS: 1. Indian Penal Code S.370: Trafficking of Persons5: (1) Whoever, for the purpose of exploitation, (a) recruits, (b) transports, (c) harbours, (d) transfers, or (e) receives, a person or 19 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Gaps in the implementation of CEDAW in India (G) and its corresponding recommendations (R) G1: ITPA, 1956 deals with sexual exploitation and prostitution of women and yet does not provide a comprehensive definition of human trafficking and other forms of trafficking. (CEDAW A.6) R1: Trafficking should be defined in the ITPA. The definition of Trafficking U/s 370 of IPC, which covers exploitation, recruitment, transportation, etc., by means of threat or force may be followed. G2: There is no definition of ‘Victim’ in the ITPA. Further, U/s 2(aa) of ITPA, ‘child’ means a person who has not completed the age of 16 years. Further, U/s 2(cb) of ITPA, minor means a person who has completed the age of 16 years but has not completed the age of