INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REPOSITORY
ASIAN TREATIES
| DOCUMENT |
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Convention Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution |
| DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE/SIGNATURE |
| Signed on January 5, 2002 |
| RATIFICATION/ACCEPTANCE/APPROVAL/ACCESSION/SUCCESSION |
| Signed by SAARC member countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka |
| HIGHLIGHTS ON RELEVANT ARTICLES |
| Articles 1, 2, 3, 4.e, 8, 9 |
| NOTES |
| The scope of the Convention is the further strengthening of existing arrangements on the protection of the rights of women and children in South Asia, and bringing to an end the illegal smuggling of women and children and prostitution in this region, to promote cooperation amongst Member States to effectively deal with various aspects of prevention, interdiction and suppression of trafficking in women and children, repatriation and rehabilitation of victims of trafficking and preventing the use of women and children in international prostitution networks, particularly where the SAARC Member Countries are the countries of origin, transit and destination. |
| DOCUMENT |
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia |
| DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE/SIGNATURE |
| Signed on January 5, 2002 |
| RATIFICATION/ACCEPTANCE/APPROVAL/ACCESSION/SUCCESSION |
| Signed by SAARC member countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka |
| HIGHLIGHTS ON RELEVANT ARTICLES |
| Articles: 4.3.a), 4.3.b), 5.d) |
| NOTES |
| The Convention aims at placing the child first in national and regional programs of SAARC member states, thus improving the lives of the region.s children. The Convention also aims to instigate regional cooperation on facilitating the safe development of children by understanding the rights of the South Asian child and creating appropriate arrangements for protecting them. |
