Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Summary of Principal Recommendations and Observations
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of Women including Trafficking has been finalized and forwarded to the Department of
Women and Child Development for printing. The Commission is hopeful that the
Department of Women and Child Development would expedite the printing of the
Judicial Handbook so that it is widely disseminated to the concerned Judicial Officers for
their usage and the victims of trafficking are saved from the clutches of traffickers.
(Paras 8.3 and 8.7)
Trafficking of Women and Children: Effective Rescue and Post-Rescue
Strategy
19.35 While dealing with the problem of trafficking in women and children, the process of
rescue and post-rescue are two major challenges faced by the personnel of law enforcement
and welfare agencies. Keeping this in view, the Commission had organized a two-day
National Workshop to Review the Implementation of Laws and Policies Related to
Trafficking: Towards an Effective Rescue and Post-Rescue Strategy in February 2004 at
Mumbai. The recommendations that emanated from this workshop were accepted in principle
by the Commission and the same were then forwarded to the Union Department of Women
and Child Development (Ministry of Human Resource Development), Directors General of
Police of all the States and concerned Secretaries of the Department of Women and Child
Development/Social Welfare of all States/Union Territories for effective implementation.
They were also requested to send their Action Taken Reports. The Commission would
emphasize the need for implementation of the recommendations of the National Workshop
organized by it with all concerned and trusts, and that they would respond to it in a positive
manner. This would to a large extent facilitate in mitigating the scourge of trafficking.
(Paras 8.8, 8.9 & 8.10)
Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Prevention of Trafficking in
Women and Children
19.36 It was reported in the preceding annual report that the Advisory Council of Jurists of
the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions which met in New Delhi in the
year 2002 had deliberated on the issue of trafficking at its Seventh Annual Meeting. The
Council later forwarded its Final Report on the issue of trafficking to the Commission. In this
report, it made a number of recommendations for preventing and combating trafficking that
was adopted by the Commission. The Commission then forwarded these recommendations to
the Department of Women and Child Development and the Ministry of Home Affairs for
appropriate action with the request that action taken on the recommendations be reported to
the Commission. At the time of writing this report, the Commission had not received any
response from the Ministry of Home Affairs. However, the Department of Women and Child
Development informed the Commission about the initiatives taken by them to combat trafficking
in women and children. On examination, it was pointed out by the Commission to the
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