http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).05
10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).05
Published : Dec 2021
Modern Child Slavery Atrocious Breach of Fundamental Rights: A Case Study of Pakistan
Children are the future and assets of any nation yet the most susceptible members of society. This research analyzes the phenomenon of modern child slavery in Pakistan. Children have a right to grow up safe and free from any kind of exploitation and abuse. Slavery and trafficking is that abhorrent crime which violates the fundamental rights guaranteed to children under national and international conventions. This research indicates how children are bought and sold and forced into truly outrageous forms of exploitation such as forced labour and debt bondage, prostitution, pornography, camel jockeys, and other illicit activities. This research paper also reviews factors that trigger the situation, such as gender bigotry, poverty, harmful traditional practices and natural disasters. Child labour, trafficking and slavery of any form is sternly proscribed in Article 11 of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 and various national and international conventions.
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Children, Constitution, Forced Labour, Modern-day Slavery, Pakistan, Trafficking
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(1) Qurat-ul-Ain Ashfaq
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APA : Ashfaq, Q. (2021). Modern Child Slavery Atrocious Breach of Fundamental Rights: A Case Study of Pakistan. Global Legal Studies Review, VI(IV), 33 - 40. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).05
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TURABIAN : Ashfaq, Qurat-ul-Ain. "Modern Child Slavery Atrocious Breach of Fundamental Rights: A Case Study of Pakistan." Global Legal Studies Review VI, no. IV (2021): 33 - 40. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).05