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July 18, 2018

The draft Trafficking of Persons bill 2018 is good, but not good enough. Discuss. (200 words)

Refer – The Hindu

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Shankaranand 6 years

Please Review

Thank You

IAS Parliament 6 years

Good effort. Include more points about the significance of the bill. Keep writing.

IAS Parliament 6 years

KEY POINTS

Significance

·         First ever anti-human trafficking law

·         Seeks to unify existing anti-trafficking laws

·         Increase the definition to cover labour-trafficking and not just sex-trafficking.

·         Survivors to be treated as victims with right to rehabilitation.

·         Provisions for cross-border repatriation of victims in case they come from countries like Nepal and Bangladesh.

·         The new law will make India a pioneer in formulating a comprehensive legislation to combat trafficking.

Concerns

·         The proposed anti-trafficking Bill will criminalise sex workers and transgenders.

·         It went against the basic tenets of rehabilitation as it did not distinguish between trafficking and sex work and failed to assure dignity to consenting adult sex workers.

·         The law might also lead to a multi-fold increase in violence against sex workers and silence them.

·         Forceful rehabilitation as laid down under the proposed legislation would uproot women and deprive them of their source of livelihood.

·         It is actually very restrictive in terms of reintegrating victims into society, which should be the ultimate aim.

·         Addressing the trauma that victims go through is something that gets totally undetected in the current process.

·         The Bill also creates a range of new institutions with unclear roles and offered them with enormous powers including for surveillance.

·         However, there seems to be no accountability mechanisms.

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