Examination of the Law Governing the Rights of Children Against Trafficking in Uganda

Kibuuka Ronald

School of Law, Kampala International University, Uganda

ABSTRACT

This article examines the law governing the rights of children against trafficking in Uganda. The article revealed that trafficking primarily occurs for economic reasons, manifesting in various forms. Under the guise of employment, traffickers traffic children and women for sexual exploitation. The traffickers entice their victims with the promise of decent employment, leading them to abandon their homes and, occasionally, their countries in search of a better life. Involuntary domestic servitude, a form of child trafficking, involves the informal recruitment of victims, particularly women and girls, to work as domestic servants and caretakers. Often, the traffickers restrict these victims from communicating with their families back home. On this note, the study calls for the need to identify and address the root cause of child trafficking. The study highlights unemployment as the primary cause of child trafficking. People who are impoverished have now devised ways to survive. The traffickers are taking advantage of the desperate situation of young people to traffic and exploit them under the guise of employment opportunities.

Keywords: Children, Government, Legislation, Regulation, Rights of children

CITE AS: Kibuuka Ronald. (2024). Examination of the Law Governing the Rights of Children Against Trafficking in Uganda. RESEARCH INVENTION JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION 4(2):27-33. https://doi.org/10.59298/RIJRE/2024/422733