Country India
Year 2002
Type of Measure Regional Initiatives
Form of Violence Trafficking

Brief Description


The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) deals with the problem of trafficking. The SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution of 2002 was signed by Member States including India.  The main purpose of this Convention is to promote cooperation amongst Member States so that they may effectively deal with the various aspects of trafficking in women and children, i.e. the prevention of the use of women and children in international prostitution networks, particularly where the countries of the SAARC region are the countries of origin, transit and destination, the repatriation and rehabilitation of victims of trafficking.

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Full Text

Saarc Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution

Source of Information

Response of the Government of India to the questionnaire on violence against women 2010