the court overturned the ban on dance bars: It speaks volumes that the court’s view of justice on this matter is diametrically opposed to that of the US Government, which in 2005 hailed the ban as evidence that Indian authorities were combating trafficking and prostitution; see U.S. Department of State, Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report, 2005 (Washington, DC: 2006), available at www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2005/46614.htm.
an expert panel: Report of the panel appointed by the Honorable Supreme Court of India in Buddhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal (Criminal Appeal No.135 of 2010), September 2016, New Delhi (unpublished); The Economist, “Prostitution in India: Make it Legal”; Amrita Madhukalya, “Give legal recognition to sex workers: Supreme Court panel,” DNA India, November 9, 2016, http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-give-legal-recognition-to-sex-workers-supreme-court-2271497.
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