Kathmandu, July 6:

Experts today stressed the need to ratify and implement two protocols to take care of and support the victims of trafficking and other forms of violence in South Asia.

They expressed this need at the national consultation on Protection, Care and Support Services and Livelihood Options for Victims/Survivors of Trafficking and Other forms of Violence, organised by National Network Against Girl Trafficking and Regional Action Forum. The two protocols: Minimum Standards of Care and Support for the Victims of Trafficking and others Forms of Violence in South Asia and the Regional Victims Witness Protection Protocol to Combat Trafficking, Commercial Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of Women and Children in South Asia, prepared by the South Asian Regional Initiative aim at regulating and implementing the efforts to take care and support the victims of trafficking.