Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

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Rights of Women and
Children
8.1 During the year 2004-05, Dr. Justice Shivaraj V. Patil was appointed in the
Commission as a Member on 03-2-2005 and subsequently nominated by the
Chairperson to serve as the focal point on Human Rights of Women, including
Trafficking, in place of Justice (Smt.) Sujata V. Manohar, who completed her
tenure as Member in the Commission on 27-08-2004.
8.2 During the course of the year under review, the activities carried out by the
Commission relating to rights of women and children were as follows:
I RIGHTS OF WOMEN
A] Trafficking in Women and Children
1] Judicial Handbook on Combating Trafficking of Women
and Children for Commercial Sexual Exploitation
8.3 Trafficking in human beings is a complex and global phenomenon having
serious visible and invisible impact on women and children. This inherent
complexity necessitates action at various levels by State actors to prevent and
combat trafficking on the basis of a detailed understanding of the players and
mechanisms involved in a particular trafficking situation. In this context, as
reported in the earlier annual report, the Department of Women and Child
Development, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of
India approached the Commission with a proposal of preparing a Handbook
under the joint aegis of the Commission and the Department of Women and
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