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Preventing Child Abuse
November 20, 2007 at 8:10 PM
Child Health News
Rajiv K. Haldar, executive director of Prayas, an NGO which works on issues of juvenile justice, said that they have submitted a set of recommendations for the implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act to the Delhi high court which has received positive feedback.
The act strives to benefit children in conflict with the law or those in need of care and protection.
"At present there is a juvenile justice board, which many think is not child-friendly. Because of slow trials, hundreds of children remain in juvenile homes, year after year. This is a kind of abuse -- institutional abuse -- because the child is not given a fair trial, his freedom is at stake, he doesn't get a proper education...
"That's why we are demanding an additional juvenile justice board, so that there is speedy trial of those children in the juvenile homes and they are rehabilitated soon after that," Haldar told IANS.
"We have been assured that the new juvenile justice board will be inaugurated by the end of December this year since this concept has been given the nod both by the government as well as by the high court," Haldar added.
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