Demystifying the Term Human Trafficking : International Law and Municipal Incorporation

One of the significant development on the issue of combating human trafficking in last few decades was adoption of Trafficking Protocol and arriving at universally accepted definition of the term. Different jurisdictions of the world adopted this definition by incorporating within municipal instruments. India, too incorporated this definition within our penal statute with minor variations. However, such minor change in the definition will have a major impact on addressing the issue of human trafficking. This paper tried to explore the concepts of trafficking and attempted to explain all its components. It also critically evaluates legislations and incorporation of the definition. Researcher argues that omission on the part of the legislature to incorporate comprehensive definition will violate not only international law but also have an adverse impact on combating trafficking in India