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Justice and Care rescues and supports victims of trafficking, slavery and other abuses. We work internationally with governments and law enforcement agencies, focusing on prevention, protection and prosecution. Last month, our teams partnered with law enforcement to save close to 70 young lives in North India, also arresng 24 people for trafficking children and using them for labour. In addion, we partnered the Government and judiciary to examine how rescue, prevenon, prosecuon and protecon services for vicms of trafficking can be strengthened. Monthly Round-Up September 2017 “I had lost all hope of ever going back home” Would you believe that these are the feet of a 14-year-old boy? This boy worked at a wire mesh factory for up to 20 hours a day, in hazardous condions. Jusce and Care and the police were able to rescue 68 children and have 24 people arrested for trafficking children and using them for labour. Of these, 40 children were trafficked from a completely different state in Eastern Indian over a distance of 1100 kilometres and put to work in several wire mesh factories in North India. Children as young as eight-years-old were found working as child labourers in shocking condions in the factories without food and water. The children were taken to a neutral safe zone aſter their rescue, where inial legal proceedings were carried out in the presence of representaves from the Child Welfare Commiee, labour officers, doctors and the police. The different teams at Jusce and Care have completed the task of tracing the families of the children and restoring most of them to their families. In addion to this, long term aſtercare plans are being developed for them and our legal teams are assisng the state in the prosecuon of the criminal networks involved in trafficking and enslaving the children.
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Justice and Care rescues and supports victims of trafficking, slavery and other abuses. We work internationally with governments and law enforcement agencies, focusing on prevention, protection and prosecution.
Last month, our teams partnered with law enforcement to save close to 70 young lives in North India, also arresting 24 people for trafficking children and using them for labour. In addition, we partnered the Government and judiciary to examine how rescue, prevention, prosecution and protection services for victims of trafficking can be strengthened.
Monthly Round-Up September 2017
“I had lost all hope of ever going back home”Would you believe that these are the feet of a 14-year-old boy? This boy worked at a wire mesh factory for up to 20 hours a day, in hazardous conditions. Justice and Care and the police were able to rescue 68 children and have 24 people arrested for trafficking children and using them for labour.
Of these, 40 children were trafficked from a completely different state in Eastern Indian over a distance of 1100 kilometres and put to work in several wire mesh factories in North India.
Children as young as eight-years-old were found working as child labourers in shocking conditions in the factories without food and water. The children were taken to a neutral safe zone after their rescue, where initial legal proceedings were carried out in the presence of representatives from the Child Welfare Committee, labour officers, doctors and the police.
The different teams at Justice and Care have completed the task of tracing the families of the children and restoring most of them to their families. In addition to this, long term aftercare plans are being developed for them and our legal teams are assisting the state in the prosecution of the criminal networks involved in trafficking and enslaving the children.
*Names changed and stock images used to protect identities
Multi-stakeholder covergence meeting to tackle human trafficking
Critical recommendations made by Justice and Care at a seminar organised by the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) included the implementation of a much-needed Acquittal Review Mechanism, Video Conferencing where the police can make applications for the victims to testify over video conference, child-friendly courts developed and implemented at the earliest, and filing of victim compensation by the investigating officer. The seminar highlighted a number of issues faced by stakeholders when tackling bonded labour, children being sold for sexual exploitation and child labour.
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Persons rescued and supported
Arrestsmade Women and
children supported via our Aftercare Programme
Prosecution cases handled Women and
children repatriated
home
Criminals convicted Police
officers, public prosecutors
and community
leaders trained
Since September 2008:
“Truth never damages a cause that is just.” - Mahatma Gandhi
47 survivors of trafficking, at advanced stages of rehabilitation, came together in the month of August in various locations across India to hear from one another, and encourage and support each other on their journeys of freedom. They eagerly look forward to this meet every year knowing that they are not alone as Justice and Care continues to support them in becoming champions in their communities.
Seasons of Change
