Indian Journal of Law and Justice, Vol. 13, No. 01

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EDITORIAL NOTE

The last two years have been immensely difficult, worldwide, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We are glad that the world is recovering gradually. However, the pandemic has ensued global crisis exacerbating deep-seating social inequalities within our societies. Women, low-income households, children and young people, as well as low-skilled, part-time temporary and self-employed workers, all have been disproportionately affected.

Keeping these issues in mind, the Editorial Board presents the 13th Issue of the Indian Journal of Law and Justice. Once again, with the incessant efforts and ‘never-say-die’ spirit of the editorial team, the India Journal of Law and Justice sets its foot in its journey for the second decade.

Keeping in tandem with the objective of the journal of being a multidisciplinary journal, the key focus of this edition ranges from human rights issues of women, women refugees, human trafficking, trans-rights, the criminal justice system to public health management, artificial intelligence and big data in health sector and human gene editing. This volume contains a Notes and Comments section with short articles highlighting concerns like terrorism and international criminal justice system, right to fair trial of victims and feminist perspective of the Kamtapur Movement. The book review segment contains review of the edited and annotated version of the celebrated Annihilation of Caste which has been edited and annotated by S. Anand and the foreword of which has been penned down by Arundhati Roy.

I thank all contributors for their submissions to this edition and their cooperation with the editorial team during the production phase. I would also like to express my gratitude to the entire Editorial Team whose commitment and perseverance made this publication possible.

Suggestions and opinions for the improvement of the journal is solicited.

With Best Wishes

Prof. (Dr.) Rathin Bandhopadhyay
Chief Editor

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    Human Rights in Abeyance in the Trade of Trafficking Human Beings: A Focus on the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018
    (University of North Bengal, 2022-03) Bhat, Mudasir; Bedi, Shruti; Qadir, Mainaaz
    Trafficking in human beings is considered to be a sophisticated and lucrative business. It has been identified as one of the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. It is a well-established international phenomenon of recent times and among the organized crimes, trafficking stands as the third largest category in terms of profit making after drug and arms smuggling. Human trafficking represents an estimated $31.6 billion of international trade. Trafficking in persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries and abroad. Almost every country in the world is affected by this menace, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims. Trafficking in human beings has been considered as modern day slavery. Human beings are mostly trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation. However, included in the larger issue are the other dimensions of human trafficking, viz. forced labour, begging, organ trade, forced marriage, illegal adoption, surrogacy and camel jockeying. This research paper would examine relevant international and national documents such as, the United Nations Trafficking Protocol, the SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution, Criminal Law Amendment Act (2013) and recent Trafficking in persons (Prevention, Protection and rehabilitation) Bill of 2018. An attempt would also be made to provide an in-depth study of its concept, various emerging dimensions, causative factors, implications at the national and international levels.