Human Trafficking – A curse to mankind

The aim of this paper is to discuss the state’s obligation under International Human Rights Law, International Labour Law and International Criminal Law in order to prevent this hideous act of trafficking in persons. Some of the most important and crucial international human rights instruments adopted by the United Nations actually make reference to the abolition of slave trade and slave practices and trafficking in persons too. As far as the International Labour Law is concerned, this paper discusses the conventions and the legal framework adopted by the International Labour Organizations. Further, this paper also focuses on the legal responses in dealing with human trafficking and highlights the various conventions, protocols and treaties adopted and enforced by the United Nations in curbing and combating the human trafficking with a specific focus on the trafficking of women and children.