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Challenges of Uttar Pradesh

� Has a population of nearly 22 crores.

� Has perforated international border of 619 kms with Nepal

� Has borders with –Uttrakhand, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, BiharMadhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Bihar

� It is assumed that only 30% of the total cases are reported, so the actual number is pretty high.

� Till date no concrete study has been conducted so far to know the exact number of trafficked kids/adults in India.

Scenario of Uttar Pradesh

� Has 35 Anti Human Trafficking Units (AHTU).

� Operation Smile – to make safe return of missing children.

� Anti Human Trafficking and safety and protection of women and children has been taken up the Hon’ble CM of UP as a priority area- 8 May, 2015UP as a priority area- 8 May, 2015

� UP has made Human Trafficking punishable under the Goonda Act and Gangster Act of UP

� UP is among the front runners which has implemented Victim compensation scheme for specific crimes including human trafficking and the 6 sections of POCSO Act.

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Operation Smile

� Ghaziabad police launched one day operation against child labour in Ghaziabad on 14.09.2014 and recovered 51 children.

� Found 227 and 326 missing children in the two phases of operation Smile

� Operation smile has changed public perception of police, � Operation smile has changed public perception of police, especially among the weaker sections of society which felt neglected.

� MHA ordered repetition of this model across India

� Operation Muskaan launched from 1st July till 31st July

� 3 SSPs selected for awards for their exemplary efforts under Operation Smile- Noida, Ghaziabad, Jhansi

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Hon.CM Ghoshana/Announcement

Anti Human Trafficking Training on May 8th, 2015

� Free sensitisation training to police personnel down to thana level, of Uttar Pradesh, by SaktiVahini NGO.

� Video Conference by PS Home, SSB, Departmental Representatives, NGOs, childline with all seven bordering districts for Nepal Border alert.

� Workshops decided to be held at district and zonal levels- including all

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� Workshops decided to be held at district and zonal levels- including all stakeholders- Police, Executive Magistrates, Probation Officers, Childline, NGOs, Unicef, Prosecution officers, DGC Criminal, SSB, AHTU, Shelter Home staff, Child Welfare Committee members, JJB members road transport and railway representatives et al..

� Training material to be provided freely on relevant Acts , Rules, Advisories

� Railway Police personnel to be trained as a major stakeholder

� Nepal bordering districts/zone to be first trained.

� All trainings aimed to be completed by November of 2015 or earlier

Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Women & Child

Development

Ministry of Law & Justice

Ministry of Social Justice and

Empowerment

Ministry of Labour

Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Women &

Child Development

Ministry of Law & Justice

Ministry of

Labour

Ministry of Social Justice

and Empowerment

NGOs / Civil

Society

•Police Stations•FIR

•Investigation•Juvenile Welfare Officer

•Juvenile Justice Act

•Juvenile Justice Boards•POCSO

•Shelter Homes•Domestic

•Victim Compensation through SLSA

and DLSA

•Child Labour•Bonded Labour•Migrant Labour

SC/ST men/women/child

ren become victims-

compensation,rehabilitation,

schools, scholar-

Child Help Line,

shelter homes

Officer•Mahila Police

Station•Woman

Police Officer•Special

Juvenile Police Unit

•Anti Human Trafficking

Units•Prosecution-

DGC Cr/ SPO/PO/APO

•Domestic Violence

Protection Officer

•Integrated Child Protection

Scheme•Child Welfare

Committee•District

Probation Officer

schools, scholar-ships

Training on Anti Human Trafficking as part of Honourable Chief

Minister Announcement – Uttar Pradesh, Government

Sl No Date Venue & Duration of the training

programme

No. of Participants

Stakeholders Present

Programme Organised by Home Department in collaboration

with Uttar Pradesh Police and Shakti Vahini

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programme

1 30-04-2015

Varanasi District

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Attendance Sheet Not found

2 09-05-2015

Varanasi District

10:00 am to 5:00 pm

63 Police Department, Anti Human

Trafficking Units, various NGOS,

Child Welfare Committee, District

Child Protection Units and

CHILDLINE

Contd....

Trainings conducted


programme

No. of Participants


3 07-06-2015 Meerut

District 10:00 am – 5:00

pm

66 DIG Meerut Range, SSP Meerut, SP

Traffic, SP City, ASP Meerut, DSP

Meerut, Police Officers of the ranks

Inspector, Sub Inspector, Assistant

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Inspector, Sub Inspector, Assistant

Sub- Inspector, Constable from all the

Police Stations including Mahila

Police Stations and Anti Human

Trafficking Unit, Member of Child

Welfare Committee, representatives

from District Child Protection Unit,

Childline and various other NGOs.

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


4 11-06-2015

Video Conferencing

Command Centre

Home Department

Secretary, Home Deptt., Spl. Sec,

Home Department, DG (Training),

ADG (Mahila Sammaan Prakoshth),

IG (SSB), DIG (SSB) Commandant

SSP, Shakti Vahini NGO, UNICEF

along with District Magistrate, Senior

Superintendent of Police,

Superintendent of Police, District

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Superintendent of Police, District

Probation Officer (ICPS), In-charge

of Anti Human Trafficking Unit,

concerned NGOs, CHILDLINE,

Protection Officer of Railways,

Official from Transport department,

Prosecution Officer and District level

Officer from Sahastra Seema Bal of

seven districts of UP namely

Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Baharich,

Srawasti, Siddharth Nagar, Lakhimpur

and Pilibhit at Yojna Bhawan,

Lucknow

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


5 22-06-2015

Gorakhpur Range

10:00 am – 5:00 pm

104 IG Gorakhpur Range, Commissioner

Gorakhpur, District Magistrate,

Gorakhpur, DIG Gorakhpur Range,

SSP,Police officials from all the

districts of the zone Chairperson Child



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Childline, UNICEF and NGOs.

6 29-06-2015 Lucknow Range

(Stakeholders) 10 am - 5pm

91 Secretary Home Department, Spl.

Secretary, Home

Department,Additional Director

General, Uttar Pradesh Police, IG

Crime UP Police, DIG (SSB)

Lucknow Frontier, SSB officials from

all the districts of the zone, Police

officials from all the districts of the

zone CHILDLINE, Lucknow,

UNICEF Lucknow, Chairperson and

Member of Child Welfare Committee,

District Child Protection Unit, SJPU,

AHTU, NGOs

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


7 30-06.-015

GRP Railways, Lucknow Range

10:00 am – 5:00 pm

122 Director General, Railways

Superintendent of Police, GRP

Railways Secretary, Home

Department Spl. Secretary, Home

Department, Shakti Vahini and Police

officials from RPF and GRP

8 09-07-2015 49 Additional District Magistrate

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8 09-07-2015

Lakhimpur Kheri District

10:00 am – 5:00 pm

49 Additional District Magistrate

Additional Superintendent of Police

Senior Advocate, District Probation

Officer, Education Department, Police

officers from all the Police

Stations,Labour Department,

Members and Chairperson of Child

Welfare Committee, Professors from

colleges, representatives from

Integrated Child Protection Scheme,

District Child Protection Unit,

CHILDLINE and NGOs

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


9 10-07-2015

Barielly Range

10 am - 5pm

238 Inspector General, Bareilly Zone

Director General of Police, Bareilly

zone Senior Superintendent of

Police, Bareilly Police officers from

all the districts, District

Administration, Chairperson and

Members of Child Welfare

Committee, representatives from


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District Child Protection Unit,

CHILDLINE and NGOs

10 11-07-2015

Agra Range

10:00 am – 5:00 pm

102 IG Zone, Police officers from all the

districts, District Administration,

Chairperson and Members of Child


from Integrated Child Protection

Scheme, District Child Protection

Unit, CHILDLINE and NGOs

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


11 23-07-2015

Meerut Zone

10 :00 am– 5:00 pm

260 IG Zone, DIG, SSP, SP, Police

officers, Labour Commission District

Administration, Child Welfare

Committee, Juvenile Justice Board,

representatives from Integrated Child

Protection Scheme, District Child

Protection Unit, Probation Officer,

Probation Officers, Protection

Officers, CHILDLINE and NGOs

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from all the districts of the zone

12 24-07-2015

Kanpur District

10 :00 am– 5:00 pm

195 IG Zone, DIG, SSP, SP, Police

officers, Labour Commission District






Probation Officers, Protection


from all the districts of the zone

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


13 25-07-2015

Allahabad Zone

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

113 Divisional Commissioner, Allahabad

Director General of Police,

Allahabad Chief Commissioner,

Railway, Chairperson and Member

Child Welfare Committee, Police

officers, GRP/RPF, District




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CHILDLINE and NGOs from all the

districts of the zone

14 21-08-2015

Noida District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

35 SSP, City Magistrate, Police Officer,

AHTU, CHILDLINE, Legal cum

Probation Officer, Child Welfare

Committee, District Probation

officer, Labour Officer, Prosecution

officer and CDPO/ICDS.

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


15 24-08-2015

Varanasi Range

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

97 SPO, DCRB, Police Officers,

Prosecution officer, CHILDLINE,

AHTU, Legal cum probation

officers, DCPU, Child Protection

Officer, Child Welfare Committee,

SP, NGOs, Media and Shelter homes.

16 27-08-2015

Mathura District

36 SPO, Deputy Commandant, Child

Welfare Committee, CHILDLINE,

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Mathura District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

Welfare Committee, CHILDLINE,

DCRB, IPCS officers, Protection

Officers and NGOs.

17 28-08-2015

Jhansi District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

132 Sub-Divisional Magistrate Lalitpur,

Sub-Divisional Magistrate

Madavara, Sub- Divisional

Magistrate Moth, Sub-Divisional

Magistrate Sadar, Circle Officer,

DIG, Police Officers, GRP,

Protection Officer, DCRB, DPO,

Labour Depatment, Dy. SP, Anti-

HUman Trafficking Unit, Child

Welfare Committee and District

Probation Officer.

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


18 20-08-2015

Aligarh District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

98 Sub-Divisional Magistrate Aligarh,

SP City, Police officers, Prosecution

Officer, Anti-Human Trafficking

Unit, Circle Officers, CHILDLINE,

UNICEF, ADGC (crl), Probation

Officers, Local NGOs and Media

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Officers, Local NGOs and Media

personnel.

19 31-08-2015

Ghaziabad District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

52 Police Officers, Dy. Labour

Commissioner, Anti-Human

Trafficking Units, Government

Railway Police, Railway Protection

Force, Superintendant of Observation

officer, representatives from children

homes, Chairman Child Welfare

committee, Prosecution officer,

represenatatives from various local

NGOs and Media

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


20 30-09-2015

Moradabad District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

46 Police officers, Anti-Human

Trafficking Unit, Labour Officer, SO,

Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sadar,

Cyber Cell, Special Juvenile Police

Unit Muradabad, CHILDLINE,

Additional District Magistrate, Circle

Officer, Prosecution Officer and

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Officer, Prosecution Officer and

Child Welfare Committee.

21 01-10-2015

Rampur District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

106 Addl. District Magistrate, Child

Welfare Committee, Police Officers,

RPF, Circle Officers, SPO, DPO,

Counsellor ICPS, CDPO, Children

Home, JJB, Child Welfare Officer,

DCRB, Probation Officer, Adl. SP

and NGOs in the area.

22 15-12-2015

Kushinagar District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

62 Circle Officer, S.P.O Officer,

Probation Officer, Crime Branch,

CHILDLINE, Dy. Chief Medical

Officer, Child Welfare Committee,

Police Officer and Local NGOs.

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


23 16-12-2015

Maharajganj District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

219 Sub-Divisional Magistrate of

Revenue, Child Welfare Committee,

DCPU, CHILDLINE, SSB, Anti-

Human Trafficking Unit, Crime

Branch, SRTC, Police Officers and

Local NGOs

24 17-12-2015

Siddharth Nagar District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

51 Superintendant of Police, SDM

Revenue, Addl. CMO, Probation

officer DCPO, Child Welfare

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10 :00 am – 5:00 pm officer DCPO, Child Welfare

Committee, Anti-Human Trafficking

unit, CHILDLINE, Media Personnel,

SSB, Police Officers, Addl. SP,

Additional District Magistrate, SPO,

DLSA, Social Worker of children

home, Memebr JJ Board, UP SRTC,

RPF and Local NGOs

25 18-12-2015

Balrampur District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

104 SP, Addl. SP, Circle Officer, Dy.

Commandant SSB, Crime Branch,

GRP, Distt. Probation Officer,

Labour Department, District Legal

Services Authority, Police Officer

and DCRB.

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


26 19-12-2015

Shravasti District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

96 SSB, Sub Divisional Magistrate of

Reveue, Chairperson of Child

Welfare Committee, Prosecution

Officer, Police Officer, Women

Helpline, Child Protection Unit,

DPO, CHILDLINE, UP SRTC,

Police Officer and local NGO

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27 20-12-2015

Bahraich District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

54 Circle Officer, Anti-Human

Trafficking Unit, Prosecution

Department, Child Welfare

Committee, CHILDLINE, SO, SSB,

Police Officers and Local NGOs

28 26-12-2015

Muzaffarnagar District

10:00 A.M to 5:00 P.M

80 SSP, SP City, SP Traffic, ADM, City

Mahis Joint Magistrate, Labour

Commission, SDM, DCRB, District

Probation Officer, RPF, JJB, CWC,

ARM- Roadways, police officer,

Anti-Human Trafficking Unit and

media

Contd....

Trainings Conducted


programme

No. of Participants


29 27-12-2015

Saharanpur District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

56 Addl. SP, Protection Officer,

CHILDLINE, District Legal Services

Authority, Child Welfare Committee,

Anti-Human Trafficking Unit,

Consultant ICPS

30 28-12-2015

GRP Lucknow

111 Police officers from all GRPs in

Uttar Pradesh, BST and CHILDLINE

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GRP Lucknow

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

Uttar Pradesh, BST and CHILDLINE

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Bijnor District

10 :00 am – 5:00 pm

83 SP, Addl. SP, ADM Revenue, Police

Officers, DCRB, Child Welfare

Committee, Prosecuting Officer,

SDMs, Social Worker, RPF, School

Principal, Director-Hospital, Anti

Human Trafficking unit and Local

NGOs

Total Participants in all the Training

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Achievements

� All major Zones/Ranges covered under training with multiple stakeholders

� District level training at sensitive districts

� Railway Police covered separately, because of special advisories by GOI and Hon SC/HC needing SOPs for Railwaysand Hon SC/HC needing SOPs for Railways

� State Advisory Committee meeting under Hon Chief Secy’s Guidance approved of basic principles of Anti Human Trafficking future initiatives, including approval of State Task Force

� 35 AHTU review matrics with the help of Unicef and Home Dept- to strengthen resources and man power, to ensure proper use of these units

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Training Materials by Home Dept

Apart from the training material provided by Saktivahini to all participants, Home Department sent to every DM/SP/Commissioner/DIG/IG the following :

� Guidelines under Juvenile Justice Act 2000, Protection of Children from � Guidelines under Juvenile Justice Act 2000, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012, including duties of police officers and salient features of these Acts.

� Integrated Child Protection Scheme(ICPS), primarily run by WCD but having many components integrated with the protection and care of children

� Q&A on POCSO for easy use at thana levels

� Detailed advisory from judiciary on JJAct/Rules that govern minor , trafficked victims and children in need of protection

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Parallel Efforts by Home Dept

� Efforts to inform public about the Uttar Pradesh Victim Compensation Scheme 2014/modified in 2015

� Home Department has included not only rape, human trafficking, murder, loss of limb and life to earning member/non earning member, acid attacks, but also six relevant punishable sections of POCSCO for acid attacks, but also six relevant punishable sections of POCSCO for compensation under UP Victim Compensation Scheme, duly modified in July 2015.

� 2 crores handed over to State Legal Services Authority, as mandated by Hon.Supreme Court for distributing among District Legal Service Authoritites, when they decide victim compensation claims.

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Some exemplary anti- trafficking efforts

� Jhansi-tracking the financial flow across states and districts to save minor girls

� Noida-effective action to rescue two sisters aged 3 and 6 sold to brothelsold to brothel

� Bijnore- rescue of interstate trafficked victims

� Ghaziabad-lead in Operation Smile and interstate rescue of victims

� Basti-saving the Meghalayan minor

� Agra-Bold operation to rescue minors from brothels with the help of Maharashtra police

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State Advisory Committee: Hon.SC Mandate

� In 1994, in the context of stopping child prostitution, Hon SC had mandated state governments to create a State Advisory Committee (Gaurav Jain vs.Govt of India

� U.P. State also had constituted a committee including relevant stakeholders like Women and Child Dept, Home Dept, Labour Dept, Social Welfare Dept , NGO representatives etc under chairman ship of Hon CS, to issue advisories to field officers for protection of children from offences

� In August, the above was re constituted under the patronage of Hon Chief Secy, as � In August, the above was re constituted under the patronage of Hon Chief Secy, as the State Advisory Committee on AntiHuman Trafficking

1. Chief Patron: Chief Secretary, Chair: PS Home

2. Principal Secretaries of WCD, Labour, Social Welfare, Medical, Law

3. Unicef, Saktivahini (official training partner under CM announcement), Child Line representatives

4. DGP, IG SSB (Border Area supervision)

Committee to meet once in six months minimum frequency

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State Advisory Committee on Anti Human Trafficking : Decisions

� Approval of a State Task Force to implement the decisions of the Committee� Headed by Secy Home, with representatives from WCD, Health/Medical, Law, Labour,

Social Welfare, NGOs, Unicef, Child line, Police, SSB

� Task Force to review implementation on the ground of Anti Human Trafficking initiatives

� Will meet once in 3 months or at shorter duration as per need� Will meet once in 3 months or at shorter duration as per need

� Approval in principle, to extend cooperation and coordination with neighbouring states like Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Delhi, Maharashtra by signing MoU on rescue and rehabilitation of trafficked victims, after following due process

� Approval in principle to have a Placement Agency Regulation Act in the model of Chattisgarh to tackle the menace of human trafficking

� Approval in principle of having a Unorganised Migrant Workers Registration and Welfare Act in the model of Jharkhand to tackle the menace of human trafficking

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State Advisory Committee on Anti Human Trafficking

� Approval to empower the State Task Force to coordinate with other state agencies for inter state rescue and rehabilitation of victims of human trafficking

-Jharakhand PS WCD has specifically requested to circulate a contact list of a working group for fast rescue and rehabilitation of trafficked children/women in UP, originally from Jharkhand.originally from Jharkhand.

-Delhi CWC Mayurbhanj chairperson has requested inter state coordination in bringing back almost 10 trafficked children , now living in Delhi shelter homes

� State Task Force to ensure participation of members from UP in relevant inter state meetings and provide all cooperation therein, subject to final approval by the State Advisory Committee

� Sensitizing Police for follow up in missing children case following BachpanBachao SC order (consider such cases as kidnapping and trafficking, put numbers under surveillance, update khoyapaya etc..)

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Way Forward

� NALSA Report submitted to Hon SC. All challenges envisaged therein needs to be addressed coherently with synergy and vision. Eg: (Centralised agency to tackle human trafficking menace)

� Exemplary and quick punishment for all involved in the inhuman crimeinhuman crime

� More shelter homes and post rescue and rehabilitation efforts involving all stakeholders

� Sensitivity and Action from all departments and stakeholders

� Dedicated study needs to be done on socio economic causes of Human Trafficking.

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Challenges of Uttar Pradesh - uphome.gov.inuphome.gov.in/writereaddata/Portal/Images/AHT.pdfChallenges of Uttar Pradesh Has a population of nearly 22 crores. Has perforated international