Abstract
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Report on Trafficking in Persons of 2016 amply demonstrates that no country is immune from trafficking, yet public awareness and perception remains uneven, both globally and also specifically in India. There are also adequate international standards calling upon Member States to generate public awareness and strengthen capacities of duty bearers on human trafficking. On the other hand, the actors of the criminal justice system, namely, the police, the prosecutors, and the judiciary, as well as the labor officials, immigration, medical, and other professionals, often do not have adequate knowledge and training of the counter-trafficking legal framework and its application. Against this backdrop, the chapter examines the reasons for the gaps in awareness among the general public. It also assesses gaps in the legal knowledge among the general public and the duty bearers with legal responsibilities and its consequential impact on combating human trafficking, globally and with special reference to India. Current government and nongovernment initiatives from India towards legal and public education on human trafficking are discussed, and some recommendations are provided in the conclusion.
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Sekhon, G. (2020). Combating Trafficking in Persons Through Public Awareness and Legal Education of Duty Bearers in India. In: Winterdyk, J., Jones, J. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Human Trafficking. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63058-8_44
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