Reports

The Status of Children in India
9 October 2003

"There are sections on juvenile justice, torture, education, anti-terror laws, children in armed conflict situations, refugee and internally displaced children, child labour, minority children, and concluding recommendations. Immensely important for every defender of human rights in India and the world" -The Telegraph, Calcutta, 14.11.2003

Starvation, Rape and Killing of Indigenous Jumma Children
30 October 2003

In June 2003, Asian Centre for Human Rights submitted its alternate report, The status of indigenous and minority children in Bangladesh. This update has been necessitated by increased racial discrimination and other human rights violations against the indigenous Jumma peoples … More

The status of indigenous & minority children in Bangladesh
June 2003

In December 2000, government of Bangladesh submitted second periodic report (CRC/C/65/Add.22) to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. But, it provides little information about the status of the children belonging to most vulnerable sections of the society - "indigenous tribal peoples", minorities, internally displaced persons and stateless persons....

Press Releases

30/10/2003: Vulnerable children's rights not protected in India, ACHR study

30/09/2003: Bangladesh accused of racial discrimination before UN body

Campaigns

14/11/2003 Maharashtra: brutally beating of juvenile Samran Desai

18/08/2003 Manipur: Molestation, sexual harassment and attempt to rape of two minor girls, Ms Forest Gate (14 years) and Ms Gangte Veng (15 years)

17/07/2003 Manipur: Alleged extrajudicial execution of Kamkholal Haokip (17 years) and his younger brother Sumkhosat Haokip and Satkholun Haokip (15)

02/07/2003 Orissa: Alleged suicide of juvenile delinquent Sukant Das in police custody

27/03/2003 Orissa: Inhumane and degrading treatment of juvenile detainee Puli Shiva

ACHR Review

Review/73/05: Nepal: The Maoists' conflict and impact on the rights of the child, 18 May 2005
Review/03/04: UNICEF: Ignoring ethical questions, 15 January 2004