Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations,
Policies, Reports, and Judgements
Article(s) of the CEDAW
SCHEMES:
1.
Ujjawala Scheme:
The Scheme was launched in 2019 for the prevention of
trafficking, rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration and repatriation
of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. The
objective of the scheme is to prevent the trafficking of women
and children for commercial sexual exploitation through social
mobilization and involvement of local communities, awareness
generation programmes, generation of public discourse through
workshops/seminars and such events and any other innovative
activity.21
2. Central Sector Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labours,
2016:
In cases of bonded or forced labour involving extreme cases of
deprivation or marginalization such as trafficking etc. or in cases
of differently-abled persons, or in situations where the District
Magistrate deems fit, the rehabilitation assistance shall be Rs
3 lakhs, out of which at least Rs 2 lakhs shall be deposited in an
annuity scheme in the name of each beneficiary and Rs 1 lakh shall
be transferred to the beneficiary account through ECS.
3. A comprehensive scheme for the establishment of integrated
Anti Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) and capacity building of
responders, including training of trainers for strengthening the
law enforcement response to human trafficking in India to take
up the crusade against all criminal aspects of the crime of human
trafficking particularly in women and children as a national mission
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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)
R6: The present ITPA should
be in alignment with the
Transplantation Act.
G7: There is a lack of
coordination among the
stakeholders and state
functionaries while dealing
with the cases related to
human trafficking which
results in poor investigation
and further victimisation
of the trafficked persons.
(CEDAW A.6)
R7: State Advisory
Committee to prevent
Human trafficking and
rehabilitation victims
should be set up along
the lines of the Central
Advisory Committee. Ensure
combined training and
coordinated approach by the
police, Department of Social
Welfare and Women and
Child Development, DLSA,
SLSA, Ministry of Labour