Child Labour & Trafficking

Trafficking in persons, especially children, is as old as human kind. However, the concerted approach to eliminate all forms of trafficking is a very recent phenomenon, especially after the UN Palermo Protocol of 2000 (Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children). BBA, since its inception, has been working against forced and bonded labour, with extensive advocacy for fundamental rights and legal instruments against trafficking and bonded labour in India.

The largest civil society initiative in the issue of child trafficking for forced labour has been initiated by BBA in the form of South Asia March against Child Trafficking for Bonded Labour. This venture has been joined in by 100 child survivors of the crime, 3 government ministries in India, The Government of Nepal, 6 United Nations Agencies, and over 500 civil society partners. The March covered a distance of 5200 kms in various source areas of trafficking in the vulnerable communities of India, along the Indo-Bangladesh border and in Nepal. This March took its path demanding comprehensive law against trafficking for child labour in India and in the South Asian region.