Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations,
Policies, Reports, and Judgements
Article(s) of the CEDAW
presumed to have incurred a bonded debt.
(g) bonded labour system: means a system of forced or partly
forced labour under which a debtor enters into an agreement with
the creditor in consideration of advance obtained by him and/or for
other reasons.
S.4: Bonded Labour system stood abolished from the
commencement of this Act.20
4. The Transplantation Of Human Organs And Tissues Act, 1994
The Act makes provision for the removal of human organs without
authority, for commercial dealings in human organs, for illegal
dealings in human tissues etc.
5. Devdasi System Abolition Acts :
•
Karnataka Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 1982
•
Maharashtra Devadasi System (Abolition) Act, 2000
•
Tamil Nadu Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act, 1947
•
The Telangana Devadasis (Prohibition Of Dedication) Act, 1988.
•
The Andhra Pradesh Devadasis (Prohibition Of Dedication) Act,
1988
6. National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Act, 2019
NIA Act, 2008 was amended in 2019. The amended Act empowered
the Agency to investigate offences related to human trafficking.
It further empowered the Agency to investigate such offences on
foreign soil subjected to international treaties and domestic laws.
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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)
compensation to victims
as per Central Sector
Rehabilitation Scheme.
G5: States lack monitoring
and regulating systems to
prevent fake and fraudulent
placement agencies due to
which domestic workers get
trafficked into commercial
sexual exploitation and
forced labour. (CEDAW A.6)
R5: The State Parties should
put in place adequate
monitoring and regulating
systems to closely monitor
the functioning of private
placement agencies to
prevent trafficking.
G6: The Transplantation of
Human Organs and Tissues
Act, 1994 is presently not
aligned with the trafficking
of persons. As a matter
of fact, persons are also
trafficked for the purpose of
organ trade. (CEDAW A.6)