The training aims at increasing understanding and awareness of District Legal panel lawyers in dealing with the cases involving trafficking victims and their families and traffickers, in accordance to the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act, 2012 as well as promote safe migration.
A total number of 47 district legal aid panel lawyers from different 11 district under Chittagong division attended the event. The following graphics illustrates the number of participant’s desegregated by district, male and female:
The awareness raising program helps the district legal aid panel lawyers having the necessary knowledge and skills to enabling them a clear understanding of how the crime of human trafficking works within the framework trafficking phase and element of trafficking, understanding about distinguish between human trafficking and human smuggling as well as enabling to list the immediate needs of victims and identify available sources of assistance. It also helps the participant remaining their role and responsibilities in ending impunity for traffickers and securing justice for victims as well as promotes effective collaboration with related criminal justice stakeholders.
The training was facilitated by Advocate Shahanur Islam, Prosecution Manager, BC/TIP and SM. Mohammad Ali, Deputy Solicitor, Law and Justice Division, MoLJPA. Mr. Al Amin Matubbar, Deputy Director, NLASO and Ms. Irinel Cocos, Chief of Party, BC/TIP were also present during the program. The training was financed by USAID's bangladesh Counter Trafficking in Persons Program.
