Bezbednosni Dijalozi (Dec 2014)
Women trafficking for sex purposes in Nepal. How some international treaties help and contribute in the combat towards women trafficking
Abstract
Human trafficking is one of the most rapidly increasing world problems and predominant crimes and South East Asia is one of the biggest hubs. Over the past decade, throughout South East Asia, trafficking in women and children received a lot of attention. Nowadays, women are trafficked for lots of purposes and in many ways, but especially for sexual exploitation. As one of the least developed countries worldwide, Nepal is especially important in this region because it represents the country of origin for human trafficking, mostly women trafficking for sexual exploitation. Due to the period of transition, Nepal has poorly handled law regulations and many gaps that should be improved in order to combat sex trafficking. International law and the relevant bodies continuously help and contribute in fighting against this problem on a national and international level. The current efforts, both from Nepal and from the International community aim to build and bring back basic human rights, improve and strengthen the law regulations, mechanisms, and frameworks for protection and legal assistance against human trafficking in sexual exploitation. In this paper, the focus would be put on the national and international policies and laws, relevant conventions, and legislations that deal with this problem. Henceforth, the weaknesses of the legal frameworks would be examined and possible solutions for the future would be outlined. This paper would be divided into three sections, introduction where the problem would be outlined and presented, the main part that includes the relevant laws and violation of rights, and in the end, comes the conclusion with the possible recommendations for the future. The rationale behind the selection of the topic and this region, in particular, is due to the political and economic circumstances in this country.
