This year, Andhra Pradesh issued a GO to criminalize buying
of sex – it’s the first Indian state to explore beyond the conventional
horizons of human trafficking punishment. This means once the law is set into
motion, anyone who buys sex from the sex workers will face criminal charges and
imprisonment.
The figures say, almost 1 million children in a year are
exploited in the hands of vile traffickers strictly for commercial sex trade,
while in total 14 million people are confined within the walls of slavery in
India, alone. The state’s decision to punish sex-buying is inspired from the Nordic
Model: it was first enforced in Sweden in 1995 to tackle sex trafficking by
putting the onus of violation on the ‘buyers’ and not on the ‘victims’. Later
on, countries like Ireland, Iceland, Canada and France adopted the above practice
and saw positive results.
An advisory panel has been set up to make recommendations
for legal reforms, which will comprise of Sunitha Krishnan, a notable activist
known for her intensive sex abolishing ideas and initiatives, a member
nominated by the Chief Justice of High Court of Andhra Pradesh, a woman IPS
office designated by Home Secretary, a Nalsar professor and a senior advocate M
Bhaskara Lakshmi. It’s also been proposed that the special secretary of the
women and child welfare department of the state would be the convener of the
panel.
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We, being the fulcrum of human trafficking awareness activities appreciate the bold steps
taken by the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu. Child trafficking in India is a rampant
crime, and anyone who abuses them for sexual pleasure should be held
accountable in the court of law.
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