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'Human trafficking can be stopped only with local level activism'
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Stakeholders have said that after the country goes to a federal structure, it is necessary to make the role of the local level effective in preventing human trafficking and trafficking. In the discussion held with the participation of village head/deputy head and municipal mayor/deputy mayor, the expert suggested that the federal government should provide resources and authority to strengthen local forces to stop trafficking without an effective role at the local level.
The participants are of the opinion that although the local level has been given the legal authority to stop trafficking by changing the Human Trafficking and Trafficking Control Act, there is a lack of financial and human resources. In the discussion held in Lalitpur today regarding the ongoing international commitment against human trafficking and the role of the local government, the people's representatives of the municipality complained that they could not do effective work due to lack of resources. There is a legal provision that the local level can open a rehabilitation center for those who have returned from trafficking or have been trafficked. In addition, there is a legal provision that can be arranged for conservation officers focusing on sales.
"There is a lack of resources after the law gives various rights to the local level to stop the sale," said Jhamk Nepal, chairman of Sindhupalchok of Indrawati rural municipality, "The local level cannot work by just adding responsibility." He said that the local level cannot work by keeping the money and personnel budget in the lion palace. Gautam Mishra, Head of Nepal Police Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau and Superintendent of Police Gautam Mishra, said that the role of municipalities is important as the cases of trafficking start at the local level. He submitted the data of billions of US dollars earned in the world from human trafficking.
He informed that the Trafficking Bureau established in 2075 registered 280 cases against trafficking in 6 years. Submitting the data that the police have prosecuted 967 cases even from the district, he said that the local level can work together with the police against trafficking. Manoj Dawadi, a member of the National Human Rights Commission of the Human Rights Commission, said that all stakeholders should work together against trafficking.
He said that the Commission is ready to provide all kinds of support against trafficking. In the program organized with the support of Asian Foundation and Australian Aid, representatives of the local level were informed about the laws made by the association to prevent trafficking. The experts were informed about the global form of human trafficking and the incidents that happened in Nepal.
People's representatives at the local level said that they could not develop the structure prescribed by the law because they could not manage the resources. Bhim Dhungana, president of the municipal association, said that the union government has reduced resources every year and has only given responsibility for work. More than one and a half hundred people's representatives from the local level participated in the program.
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