Human trafficking

29 Jul 2010. I attended two-day’s workshop on human trafficking. The event was facilitated by Sapana Pradhan Malla. There were government, non-government, and some international organizations. The workshop mostly dwelt around the issues of conceptual clarity of ‘trafficking’, prevention, investigation, prosecution, and protection of survivors. The very characteristic nature of this problem demands a multi-sectored, multidisciplinary, and multi jurisdictional approach. I also raised that there should be a collaboration in between the professionals and academia to fully understand and solve the problem. Sadly, there is no proper coordination mechanism among different stakeholders to fight against this problem. Since this is a special problem for us, there is a need for a special body and mechanism to combat it.

Small Arms Contol

Attended one meeting organized by UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific. The police and NGOs presented papers on the damage from illicit small arms in the country. My concerns are not only the illicit weapons but also the licit weapons that have been used or abused in several violent criminal activities, suicides, and accidents. Even the security force personnel have been found guilty of miusing the weapons causing harms to the public. There is a need to control the licencing procedures and criterias to possess small arms--even to the police and military personnel.

bhagat singh of jantantrik terai madhes mukti party arrested by police