‘Need to work in tandem’: Telangana Chief Justice on trafficking, bonded labour
The Telangana High Court Chief Justice and other officials discussed the need for a coordinated approach to combat human trafficking and bonded labour. The colloquium emphasized that rescue operations must be followed by long-term rehabilitation to prevent re-exploitation.
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Highlights the systemic challenges in addressing human rights violations and the necessity of inter-departmental cooperation in judicial processes.
A five-year-old child trapped in bonded labour, families passing debt from one generation to the next, and survivors at risk of being pushed back into exploitation even after rescue were among the realities highlighted at a judicial colloquium in Secunderabad on Saturday. Judges, police officers and experts stressed that rescue alone cannot end human trafficking and bonded labour; survivors also need sustained support to prevent re-exploitation.
“We need to work in tandem. We have to look at the larger picture and not just individual cases. There is a need for convergence of all the departments involved,” Telangana High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh said.
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