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India’s Hell Holes: Child Sexual Assault in Juvenile Justice Homes

April 20, 2013November 6, 2018 ACHR Comment(0)

Sexual offences against children in India have reached an epidemic proportion and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) is unlikely to be able to address the menace unless the Government of India and the State Governments take effective measures for proper implementation of the same. A total of 48,338 child rape […]

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No Movement Forward: The state of Juvenile Justice in non-conflict states of lndia

March 25, 2013April 17, 2018 ACHR Comment(0)

i. State of the statutory structures for administration of juvenile justice All the four states covered under the study have set up Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) in all the districts. However, functioning of the JJBs is plagued with huge number of pending cases. There were nearly 14,000 cases were pending before the JJBs in Madhya […]

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Nobody’s children: Juveniles of Conflict Affected Districts of India

March 22, 2013April 18, 2018 ACHR Comment(0)

In the wake of the gruesome rape of a young woman on 16th December 2012 in Delhi, a heated debate has been raging at national level with respect to lowering the age of juveniles to 16 years. On 27th February 2013, the Minister for Women and Child Development told the Rajya Sabha, “We are not […]

India Publications United Nations

India Fails UN Human Rights Test

March 15, 2013November 6, 2018 ACHR Comment(0)

This report chronicles as to how India failed UN human rights test during the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of India’s human rights record held on 24th May 2012 during the 13 th Session of the UPR of the Human Rights Council. The UPR is a unique process under which human rights records of all […]

India Publications

State of Juvenile Justice in Mizoram

February 27, 2013November 6, 2018 ACHR Comment(0)

Children constitute 17.34 per cent of Mizoram’s total population. Mizoram may be a small state in terms of population and area, but the percentage of both child abuse and crimes committed by juveniles is quite high. The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India in its “Study on Child Abuse: INDIA 2007” ranked […]

Multimedia

Govt funds to NGOs squandered: report

January 31, 2013November 6, 2018 ACHR Comment(0)

NewsX Published on Jan 31, 2013 The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), while releasing its report ‘India’s Funds to NGOs Squandered’, stated that the Government of India’s funding to the tune of hundred of crores to voluntary organizations was a scam and was in dire need of reform, as the audit by CAG was […]

India Publications

Assam: The State of Juvenile Justice

January 28, 2013November 6, 2018 ACHR Comment(0)

The State of Assam has been consistently ranking top in juvenile delinquency among the eight north eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. In 2011, Assam topped the list with 405 cases (402 of IPC crimes and 3 SLL crimes), followed by Meghalaya with 98 IPC crimes, Arunachal Pradesh […]

India Publications

India’s Funds to NGOs Squandered

January 18, 2013February 14, 2019 ACHR Comment(0)

‘If a conservative estimate of 15% is used in “bribes to process applications” then during the FYs 2002-2003 to 2008-2009 at least Rs 998,15,38,153 or Rs. 142,59,34,022 per year were removed from funds to the poor and given in bribes to different layers of officials approving the projects. This is literally stealing the money of […]

Multimedia

Inside Story – The ‘genocide’ of India’s daughters

January 11, 2013November 6, 2018 ACHR Comment(0)

Al Jazeera English Published on Jan 11, 2013 India has a problem of genocide proportions — rampant female foeticide and infanticide. How can the country change its patriarchal mindset and ensure that related laws are properly enforced? Guests: Mitu Khurana, Suhas Chakma, Sadanand Dhume. At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that […]

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Madhya Pradesh: Snail speed on implementation of juvenile justice

December 28, 2012November 6, 2018 ACHR Comment(0)

Madhya Pradesh faces serious problems with juvenile delinquency. Among the states of India, Madhya Pradesh has been topping the list of “juvenile crimes” under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) from 2005 to 2011 except in 2009 during which it ranked second after Maharashtra. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Ministry of […]

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