- What is it?:Prohibition of Traffic in Human Beings and Forced Labour
- Article 23 prohibits traffic in human beings, begar (forced labour), and other similar forms of forced labour.
- This right is available to both citizens and non-citizens.
- It protects the individual not only against the State but also against private persons.
- The expression ‘traffic in human beings’ include
- selling and buying of men, women and children like goods;
- immoral traffic in women and children, including prostitution;
- Devadasis;
- slavery
- Exception
- It permits the State to impose compulsory service for public purposes, as for example, military service or social service, for which it is not bound to pay.