The primary objective of the Manual is to sensitise magistrates to the actual situation of the trafficked victims and to provide him/her with awareness and a perspective so that s/he can proactively safeguard the rights of victimised women and children, through a sensitive interpretation of the law.

The specific objectives of the Manual are:

1. To sensitise Magistrates and judges on general and generic issues relating to trafficking.

2. To sensitise Magistrates and judges as to how women and children experience the process of law relating to trafficking and the operation of related support services.

3. To enable Magistrates and judges to take proactive decisions and exercise discretion as provided under the law that will be most beneficial and just to the victim and most stringent to the trafficker.

4. To influence positive change in the attitudes of judicial officers, improve their decision-making, and help them to conform to the intention of the law.

5. To focus on procedures for speedier disposal of trafficking cases and taking stringent punitive action against traffickers.