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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | To ensure consistent focus on and pursuance of the regional priorities delineated above, States Parties shall promote solidarity, co-operation and collective action between and among SAARC Member States in the arena of child rights and development. States Parties view such cooperation as mutually reinforcing and capable of enhancing the quality and impact of their national efforts to create the enabling conditions and environment for full realization of child rights and attainment of the highest possible standard of child well being. In pursuance hereof, States Parties shall: e. set up a South Asian nutrition initiative aimed at enhancing knowledge and promoting greater awareness, practice and attainment of higher levels of nutrition, particularly for children and women, through mass education, adequate training and ensuring food security and equitable distribution of food at the family level. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 3c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States Parties shall ensure that appropriate legal and administrative mechanisms and social safety nets and defenses are always in place to: (c) Administer juvenile justice in a manner consistent with the promotion of the child's sense of dignity and worth, and with the primary objective of promoting the child's reintegration in the family and society. In doing so, States Parties shall provide special care and treatment to children in a country other than the country of domicile and expectant women and mothers who are detained along with infants or very young children, and shall promote, to the best possible extent, alternative measures to institutional correction, keeping in mind the best interest of the child. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The measures provided for in the Convention are without prejudice to higher measures of enforcement and protection accorded by relevant national laws and international agreements. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The purpose of this Convention is to promote cooperation amongst Member States so that they may effectively deal with the various aspects of prevention, interdiction and suppression of trafficking in women and children; the repatriation and rehabilitation of victims of trafficking and prevent the use of women and children in international prostitution networks, particularly where the countries of the SAARC region are the countries of origin, transit and destination. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | This Convention shall enter into force on the fifteenth day following the day of the deposit of the seventh Instrument of Ratification with the Secretary General. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Secretary-General shall be the depository of this Convention and shall notify the Member States of signatures to this Convention and all deposits of Instruments of Ratification. The Secretary-General shall transmit certified copies of such instruments to each Member-State. The Secretary-General shall also inform Member States of the date on which this Convention will have entered into force in accordance with Article XIII.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention.
Done at Kathmandu on this Fifth Day of January Two Thousand and Two, in nine originals, in the English Language, all texts being equally authentic. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Convention shall be open for signature by the Member States of SAARC at the Eleventh SAARC Summit at Kathmandu and thereafter, at the SAARC Secretariat at Kathmandu. It shall be subject to ratification. The instruments of Ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary General. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall adopt, in accordance with their respective Constitutions, the legislative and other measures necessary to ensure the implementation of the Convention. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall ensure that their courts having jurisdiction over the offences committed under this Convention, can take into account factual circumstances which make the commission of such offences particularly grave, viz. (g) previous conviction, particularly for similar offences, whether in a Member State or any other country. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall ensure that their courts having jurisdiction over the offences committed under this Convention, can take into account factual circumstances which make the commission of such offences particularly grave, viz. (f) the fact that the offence is committed in a custodial institution or in an educational institution or social facility or in their immediate vicinity or in other places to which children and students visit for educational, sports, social and cultural activities; | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall ensure that their courts having jurisdiction over the offences committed under this Convention, can take into account factual circumstances which make the commission of such offences particularly grave, viz. (e) the victimisation or trafficking of children; | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall ensure that their courts having jurisdiction over the offences committed under this Convention, can take into account factual circumstances which make the commission of such offences particularly grave, viz. (d) the fact that the offender holds a public office and that the offence is committed in misuse of that office; | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall ensure that their courts having jurisdiction over the offences committed under this Convention, can take into account factual circumstances which make the commission of such offences particularly grave, viz. (c) the use of violence or arms by the offender; | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall ensure that their courts having jurisdiction over the offences committed under this Convention, can take into account factual circumstances which make the commission of such offences particularly grave, viz. (b) the involvement of the offender in other international organised criminal activities; | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall ensure that their courts having jurisdiction over the offences committed under this Convention, can take into account factual circumstances which make the commission of such offences particularly grave, viz. (a) the involvement in the offences of an organised criminal group to which the offender belongs; | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall promote awareness, inter-alia, through the use of the media, of the problem of trafficking in Women and Children and its underlying causes including the projection of negative images of women. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall endeavour to focus preventive and development efforts on areas which are known to be source areas for trafficking. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | For the purpose of this Convention: Repatriation means return to the country of origin of the person subjected to trafficking across international frontiers. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | For the purpose of this Convention: Protective home means a home established or recognised by a Government of a Member State for the reception, care, treatment and rehabilitation of rescued or arrested persons subjected to trafficking. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention may consider taking necessary measures for the supervision of employment agencies in order to prevent trafficking in women and children under the guise of recruitment. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall encourage recognised non-governmental organisations in efforts aimed at prevention, intervention and rehabilitation, including through the establishment of such protective homes or shelters for providing suitable care and maintenance for the victims of trafficking. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall exchange, on a regular basis, information in respect of agencies, institutions and individuals who are involved in trafficking in the region and also identify methods and routes used by the traffickers through land, water or air. The information so furnished shall include information of the offenders, their fingerprints, photographs, methods of operation, police records and records of conviction. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | For the purpose of this Convention: Persons subjected to trafficking means women and children victimised or forced into prostitution by the traffickers by deception, threat, coercion, kidnapping, sale, fraudulent marriage, child marriage, or any other unlawful means; | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In States where extradition of their nationals is not permitted under their law, nationals who have committed offences under the present Convention shall be prosecuted and punished by their courts. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention may also, by mutual agreement, set up bilateral mechanisms to effectively implement the provisions of the Convention, including appropriate mechanisms for cooperation to interdict trafficking in women and children for prostitution. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | For the purpose of this Convention: Traffickers means persons, agencies or institutions engaged in any form of trafficking; | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention may also authorise the recognised non-governmental organisations to establish such protective homes or shelters for providing suitable care and maintenance for the victims of trafficking. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Party in whose territory the alleged offender is present shall, if it does not extradite him or her, submit, without exception whatsoever and without undue delay, the case to its competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution in accordance with the laws of that State. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall establish protective homes or shelters for rehabilitation of victims of trafficking. Suitable provisions shall also be made for granting legal advice, counselling, job training and health care facilities for the victims. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution 2002, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The State Parties to the Convention shall establish a Regional Task Force consisting of officials of the Member States to facilitate implementation of the provisions of this Convention and to undertake periodic reviews. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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