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The Other Side of Juvenile Justice by Bharti Ali and Enakshi Ganguly Thukral

 Sunima is now 12 years old. When she was seven, her neighbour who was about 19 years, forcibly took her inside his home and brutally raped her. She had to be hospitalised. The medical records showed rape. Because it was difficult to determine the age of ..... Read More

O Child! You got a case against you! Your life is now ruined! May God save you!

 Law is clear on the point that a person who has been a juvenile in conflict with law at any stage of his/ her life cannot be made to suffer any kind of disqualification, even in case of conviction.  However several children when they grow adults continue to suffer ..... Read More

Draft Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review

Draft Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its thirteenth session from 21 May to 4 June 2012. The delegation of India was ..... Read More

THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCES BILL, 2012

    The Protection of Children from Sexual Abuse has been passed in both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. Now it will become a law. It has been passed with the clauses that have come under criticism from child rights activists. The age of sexual consent continues ..... Read More

Age of Consent Catastrophe- The Tribune Monday, May 21 2012

  OPED SOCIETY Age of Consent Catastrophe By making consensual sex illegal between the age of 16 ..... Read More