Open AccessBride Trafficking in India: Aspects, Causes and Potential Solutions
Author(s) -
Niteesh Kumar Upadhyay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
brics law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2412-2343
pISSN - 2409-9058
DOI - 10.21684/2412-2343-2021-8-3-67-92
Subject(s) - dowry , dignity , humanity , harm , face (sociological concept) , cult , poverty , human rights , functional illiteracy , law , sociology , state (computer science) , criminology , political science , social science , algorithm , computer science
Bride Tracking is a long-standing evil in society that can be classied as a crime against humanity because it violates the rights, dignity and the liberty of the victims involved. Bride Tracking is so deep rooted in society that providing accurate gures is extremely dicult since it is often impossible to track down and trace individual incidents of Bride Tracking. According to the author, who has conducted a case study with fty women from the State of Haryana, inter-country tracking for the purpose of marriage is widespread in India. Tracked women are subjected to a slew of atrocities, including being raped in transit and then raped by their husbands and other male family members. Apart from that, they face domestic violence, are treated worse than slaves and are frequently tracked multiple times. Poverty, female foeticide, female infanticide, illiteracy, dowry and other factors can all contribute to tracking. In this paper, the author will discuss Bride Tracking in general, the reasons for it, the human rights violations that these tracked brides face and the potential solutions to this illicit trade.