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Consider the following statements

Article 23 of the Indian constitution prohibits trafficking in human beings and forced labour.
The Palermo convention deals with the trafficking of human beings.

Select the correct statement.

1 only

2 only

Both

None

Explanation:

Both statements are correct.

Article 23 (1) in the constitution of India prohibits trafficking in human beings and forced labour.
The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (ITPA) penalizes trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.
India also prohibits bonded and forced labour through the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976, Child Labour (Prohibition and Abolition) Act 1986, and Juvenile Justice Act.
Sections 366(A) and 372 of the Indian Penal Code, prohibits kidnapping and selling minors into prostitution respectively.
Apart from this, the Factories Act, 1948 guaranteed the protection of rights of workers.
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children in 2000 as a part of the UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (Palermo Convention).
It entered into force on 25 December 2003. It is the first global legally binding instrument with an agreed definition on trafficking in persons.
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.

Hence option 3rd is correct.

By: Shubham Tiwari

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