SHILLONG, AUG 11: Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court Mohammad Yaqoob Mir today said that human trafficking is a crime against humanity and is the third largest organized crime across the globe.
The chief justice was addressing at the inauguration of a one day Judicial Colloquium on Anti-Human Trafficking organised by the Meghalaya State Judicial Academy at the Conference Hall of the High Court here on Saturday.
It was attended by judicial officers, police officers, state government officials, state and district nodal officers of anti-human trafficking, lawyers, NGOs and others.
“Human trafficking is not only a serious crime but it is a serious human exploitation and that millions of victims of human trafficking are from Asia”, the Chief Justice informed.
Catastrophe will occur if human trafficking is not stopped and we need to tackle it collectively and together we need to discharge our constitutional obligations to curb this menace, he added.
Judge, High Court of Meghalaya, Justice SR Sen was also present at the inaugural function.
Judicial Colloquium on Anti-Human Trafficking are being held throughout the country to sensitize Magistrates and judges as to how women and children experience the process of law relating to trafficking, to enable Magistrates and judges to take proactive decisions and exercise discretion as provided under the law that will be most beneficial and just to the victim and most stringent to the trafficker and to focus on procedures for speedier disposal of trafficking cases and taking stringent punitive action against traffickers.
By Our Reporter
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