Reviewing India’s Protection of Children from Sexual.

Area of Research This paper seeks to examine the application of Indian Criminal Law to the cases of sexual offences involving children. The researcher has specifically analyzed IPC Section 375, 376, 377, 354, 509, the Indian Evidence Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The researcher has also done a comparative.

Downloadable! The study comes at a crucial time when key actors as well as the general public would like to know more about how effective is the implementation of the main law protecting children from sexual abuse. The study further confirms that a large majority of perpetrators of sexual offences against children are known to the victim, and that a large majority of the victims are girls.

This research paper will focu s on determining the age of delinquent juveniles. It will also deal with sexual offences that take place against children and the legal provisions to deal with them as enshrined in the Protection of Children from sexual offences Act, 2012. Th e research assumes.

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) act was enacted in 2012. POCSO has many difficulties in implementation. The paper also presents the researches done on POCSO putting across issues related to mandatory reporting, consensual sex, doctors preparedness for handling CSA victims, and status of special courts under POCSO.

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Brief Analysis Of The Protection of Children from Sexual.

In a survey that was conducted by the Women and Child Development (WCD) in the year 2007 had shocking revelations for India. The survey showed that 53.22 % children reported having faced some form of sexual abuse in which 52.94% were boys and 47.06% girls. And about 69.

POCSO Act may play key role if teachers are well aware of and takes leading role for the prevention and education of CAN. The Teacher education programme should include the Child Abuse and Neglect concept and Prevention Programme as an integral part of Curriculum along with POCSO Act.

Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (IEA); 10 the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) 11. Appearing to be a knee jerk reaction to public protests, the present legislation suffers from several drafting ambiguities which has left a ample scope for the.

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO, 2012) Need for POCSO Act, 2012: Existing laws (IPC, IT Act, 2000 and JJ Act, 2000) not enough to address sexual offences No specific provisions or laws for dealing with sexual abuse of male children. Process of formulation of the Act: Process initiated in 2008 Extensive consultation held with Ministries, State Governments, civil.

What is POCSO act? POCSO or The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012 was established to protect the children against offences like sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and pornography. Recently, POSCO 2019 amendment bill is passed for levying fines and imprisonment to curb child pornography. This bill seeks to amend the.

POCSO Structure; POCSO Workshops; POCSO Activities; An easy guide to - The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Rules, 2012 (, 5291 KB) User Handbook on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (, 5907 KB) Child Victims of Cyber Crime Legal Tool Kit (, 3272 KB).

Research at the global level has shown that despite stringent punishments, there is no fall in the rate of commission of crimes, thus showing the limitation of the deterrent theory. Other Concerns. According to the National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB) data of 2016, the conviction rate in POCSO cases is 29.6% while pendency is as high as 89%.

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The Pocso Act (The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) on enacted on November 14, 2012, throughout India (except the State of Jammu and Kashmir). According to a study undertaken by.Recently, child care and protection has emerged as a precedence area for the Government .The objective of the study was to assess and analyze the awareness of POCSO act amongst the faculty of private medical college at Chennai. 100 participants took part in this cross sectional study which revealed that 51% of them were aware of the POCSO Act.The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 was formulated in order to effectively address sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children through legal provisions. POCSO received the President’s assent on 19 June 2012 and was notified in the Gazette of India the next day. The objectives of the POCSO Act are.

POCSO Amendment Bill and Child sexual abuse laws in India: The death penalty clause in the POCSO Amendment Bill might actually deter many child sexual abuse survivors from reporting such cases.NEW DELHI: The Centre is planning to amend the POCSO Act to provide justice to male child victims of sexual assault, the Women and Child Development Ministry said, days after an ordinance.