Behind Closed Doors | Justice for India's Child Sexual Abuse Victims
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Behind Closed Doors | Justice for India's Child Sexual Abuse Victims

The Quint  

Institutional framework: There is a need for a core institutional framework to ensure access to mental health support for the victims. There is an urgent and mandatory need for the appointment of support persons in every case of child sexual abuse. Every child marriage is child rape, and each of these children is a victim of child sexual abuse. This knowledge within the communities, families, teachers and children needs to be spread about the many faces and mediums of sexual abuse, the available help and how to seek it. So the E stands for ensuring investments in mental health, having budgetary allocations for support persons, budgetary allocations for paralegal volunteers, and having psychological clinics in every district mandatorily so that every victim of child sexual abuse goes to a psychologist or a psychiatrist at least five times.

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Transforming Communities through CSR: Join Arpan's Mission for Child Safety
5 days, 5 hours ago

Transforming Communities through CSR: Join Arpan's Mission for Child Safety

India Today  

An alarming 50% of children in India have experienced sexual abuse, and 182 cases are reported daily. With Child Sexual Abuse continuing to be a critical issue across India, Arpan, the nation’s largest NGO focused on CSA prevention, launched a groundbreaking ProtectedByPOCSO campaign during Child Safety Week in November. Driving Impact through Scale and Reach The ProtectedByPOCSO campaign, named after …

Enact Law With Severe Punishment For Child Sexual Abuse By Family Members: Madras HC Upholds Man's Conviction For Raping Stepdaughter
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Enact Law With Severe Punishment For Child Sexual Abuse By Family Members: Madras HC Upholds Man's Conviction For Raping Stepdaughter

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently asked the State Government to take "serious efforts" to enact laws imposing "severe punishments" in cases of sexual offences by family members or close friends involving children. In doing so the court further said State should take measures for providing awareness programs and provide funds for opening protection homes for children to protect them from …

Does India Need Inspiration From the EU’s Proposed Regulation to Combat CSAM?
1 month, 1 week ago

Does India Need Inspiration From the EU’s Proposed Regulation to Combat CSAM?

The Quint  

Countries around the world, including India, face increasing pressure to address and control online child sexual abuse. The scope of the problem is broad, involving various forms of exploitation and abuse, including the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material, online grooming, and live-streaming abuse. In 2022, the National Centre for Missing & Exploited Children received more than 31 …

Three important safeguards of rights of rape and assault survivors
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Three important safeguards of rights of rape and assault survivors

Hindustan Times  

The recent outrage over a judicial magistrate in Rajasthan asking a rape survivor to show her injuries has brought into focus once again the gap between how survivors of sexual violence are treated and they should be treated. Here are three important ones: In-camera proceedings introduced via the 2008 amendment to criminal procedure The 154th Report of the Law Commission …

Analysing India’s progress towards the elimination of child marriages
10 months ago

Analysing India’s progress towards the elimination of child marriages

Hindustan Times  

India has made remarkable strides in the decline of child marriages over the last few decades and has led global progress to eliminate the practice. There is also a discrepancy in reported numbers, where despite high prevalence of child marriages recorded under NFHS-V, National Crime Records Bureau’s annual ‘Crime in India’ report recorded an average of only around 360 incidents …

Child sexual abuse research in India should move away from prevalence studies, focus on interventions that help: expert
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Child sexual abuse research in India should move away from prevalence studies, focus on interventions that help: expert

The Hindu  

While one in six boys worldwide experience sexual abuse during childhood, their experiences are under-researched and under-addressed. There’s a robust and long-standing research literature on sexual abuse of girls and women, but it is only in the last 20 to 25 years that we have seriously started looking at male child sexual abuse and I’m talking globally, not in India. …

How safe is the online space for children in India? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 1 month ago

How safe is the online space for children in India? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The National Human Rights Commission released a set of guidelines last month for the Central and State governments to tackle the problem of Child Sexual Abuse Material or CSAM on the internet. The NHRC says, that according to the Cyber Tipline 2022 statistics, of the 32 million reports received about child sexual abuse material, 5.6 million reports were uploaded by …

Sexual Assault Victims Entitled To Fair Trial, But Justice System's Responsibility Of Protecting Rights Of Accused Can’t Be Ignored: Delhi High Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Sexual Assault Victims Entitled To Fair Trial, But Justice System's Responsibility Of Protecting Rights Of Accused Can’t Be Ignored: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday said that while the complainants in sexual assault cases are entitled to fair trial, the responsibility of criminal justice system towards protecting the rights of the accused persons cannot be ignored. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that in cases of rape and sexual violence, “conceptualization of definition of sexual consent” is of utmost importance …

POCSO| Judges Must Remember That Children May Use Different Vocabulary For Sex Abuse : CJI DY Chandrachud
2 years ago

POCSO| Judges Must Remember That Children May Use Different Vocabulary For Sex Abuse : CJI DY Chandrachud

Live Law  

The Chief Justice of India Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud today gave a keynote speech at the inaugural ceremony of the two-days National Annual Stakeholders Consultation on Child Protection organised by the Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Justice which is headed by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat.The Chief Justice of India started his address by quoting Nelson Mandela that, "There can be …

Sexual Abuse of Children Remains Hidden Problem, State Must Encourage Families to Report Abuse: CJI
2 years ago

Sexual Abuse of Children Remains Hidden Problem, State Must Encourage Families to Report Abuse: CJI

News 18  

Sexual abuse of children remains a hidden problem as there is a culture of silence and therefore the state must encourage families to report abuse even where the perpetrator is a family member, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday. Speaking at a two-day national programme on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, the CJI said it …

State Must Ensure Compensation To Child Sexual Abuse Victims: Delhi HC
2 years, 1 month ago

State Must Ensure Compensation To Child Sexual Abuse Victims: Delhi HC

News 18  

Hearing a case regarding the compensation to child survivors of sexual abuse, the Delhi High Court recently observed that survivor-centric justice is the key to preventing the revictimisation of the survivor. “In my opinion, survivor-centric justice is the key to prevent revictimisation of the survivor,” the order of Justice Jasmeet Singh said, pointing out tht justice for survivors of sexual …

Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About Protection in India
2 years, 2 months ago

Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About Protection in India

News 18  

India has a large population of children, in fact one of the largest in the world whose rights and protection are guaranteed in the Constitution and with the country being a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Laws such as the POCSO Act exclusively deal with child sexual abuse, while the highly controversial and debated …

Hyderabad tops in cases involving sexual assault against children in Telangana
2 years, 3 months ago

Hyderabad tops in cases involving sexual assault against children in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The number of cases reported in Telangana under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act and cybercrime targeting children has increased significantly, police data show. But, the number of convictions has also gone up Additional director general of police, women safety, Swati Lakra told Deccan Chronicle that Hyderabad has the dubious distinction of having the highest number of …

How to Prevent, Recognise, Act against Child Sexual Abuse? Start with Awareness
2 years, 8 months ago

How to Prevent, Recognise, Act against Child Sexual Abuse? Start with Awareness

News 18  

The Kerala High Court recently received a petition on the eve of International Women’s Day from a mother of 10-year-old rape survivor who is in her eighth month of pregnancy for judicial intervention in terminating the pregnancy under exceptional circumstances recognised under Section 5 of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. In simple terms, child abuse or maltreatment constitutes all …

Nine years since December 2012 Delhi gang rape: What has changed in India and what needs to change
3 years ago

Nine years since December 2012 Delhi gang rape: What has changed in India and what needs to change

Firstpost  

On 16 December 2012, a 23-year-old medical student was brutally gang-raped in New Delhi, prompting some of the biggest protests we have seen and a change in laws. The incident Nine years ago, on 16 December 2012, a medical student, Jyoti Singh, and her friend stepped onto a private bus from Munirka in New Delhi along with her friend after …

From COVID-19 pandemic to culture of silence, why India is failing to protect children from online sexual abuse
3 years ago

From COVID-19 pandemic to culture of silence, why India is failing to protect children from online sexual abuse

Firstpost  

To create safe digital spaces for our children and adolescents, policymakers, law enforcement agencies, civil society organizations, communities, the private sector, and experts need to come together The past decade has witnessed notable growth in internet usage in not only India but also the world at large. Risky online behaviour, lack of parental guidance, the proliferation of cybercrime and inadequate …

Expanding the scope of POCSO
3 years, 6 months ago

Expanding the scope of POCSO

The Hindu  

Over the last nine years, India has sought to “protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography” through the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. With growing international jurisprudence around these issues, and in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, India must revise its legal and procedural methods to deal with …

Explained: Child Sexual Abuse and the Law in India
3 years, 9 months ago

Explained: Child Sexual Abuse and the Law in India

News 18  

What is Child Abuse? The Child Sexual Abuse is an involvement of a child in a sexual activity that he/she does not fully understand and approve. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 addresses redressal of child sexual abuse by enlisting a wide range of sexual offences against children. The POCSO Act does not provide for any period …

Haryana Legal Services Authority Gives Immediate Assistance To Mentally Challenged Sexual Abuse Survivor
3 years, 9 months ago

Haryana Legal Services Authority Gives Immediate Assistance To Mentally Challenged Sexual Abuse Survivor

Live Law  

In a shocking incident, a mentally-challenged minor girl was allegedly sexually abused by a teenager in a colony at Yamuna Nagar. Taking notice of this incident the Justice Mr. Rajan Gupta, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court-cum-Executive Chairperson, HALSA immediately issued directions to District Legal Services Authority, Yamuna Nagar to contact the family members and provide necessary assistance in shape …

Minor Rape Survivor in Kerala Says She Was Sexually Abused by 38 Men Over Past Few Months
3 years, 11 months ago

Minor Rape Survivor in Kerala Says She Was Sexually Abused by 38 Men Over Past Few Months

News 18  

In a shocking revelation, a 17-year-rape survivor here has disclosed that she had been allegedly sexually abused by 38 people during the past few months. According to Mohammed Haneefa, Circle Inspector of Police, the girl was missing for sometime after she was released from Child Home and was traced from Palakkad in December last and brought to the Nirbhaya centre. …

Maneka Gandhi Announces Study on Prevalence of Male Child Sexual Abuse
6 years, 7 months ago

Maneka Gandhi Announces Study on Prevalence of Male Child Sexual Abuse

Hindustan Times  

Maneka Gandhi, the Minister for Women and Child Development, has responded to an online petition demanding a study on male child sexual abuse. In response, she has extended an invitation to conduct the first-ever study on prevalence of male CSA. The study will be conducted by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) with the aim of understanding …

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