Ambalika Karmakar, Assistant Professor, Department of Law, The University of Burdwan
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children”
- Nelson Mandela
ABSTRACT
Child trafficking and forced prostitution has been a heinous practice since ages, and is accelerated by concepts like sex tourism and entertainment industry in today's world. The study of the significant causes for the trafficking of children in India should be based on the poverty level and the socio-economic situations, which directly relates to the violation of human rights of the victims, who are totally innocent and any steps to be taken to get rid of this crime should be based on the perspective of human rights where the child victim should be the core focus. Although most of us have never witnessed the crime, but it happens every day all around the world. The perpetrators coerce the victims to do what others would never freely do and they are paid almost nothing for the excruciating pain and suffering which they undergo while satiating the demands of the consumer. To the perpetrators of the crime the human body is considered to be of relatively less significance, which can be traded over and over again just like a material object. The present study tries to analyse the grim reality, legal measures associated, community awareness and the role of judiciary.
Keywords: Trafficking, Prostitution, Object, Consumer, Judiciary.
