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Emerging issues in relation to Sexual Offences Against Children & its Prevention’s
INTRODUCTION “Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul”. —- Dave Pelzer We rarely come across this unpopular quote on internet saying that “in the eyes of a child you will see the world as it should be”. Child: According to Art. 1 of the […] -
Significance and Applicability of the POCSO Act, 2012
ABSTRACT: Children as one important marginalized group who, in lieu of being carefully playing in the sun and going to school, quite often suffer from various types of maltreatment, exploitation mostly sexual. Thus they are marginalized not only in terms of their access to the basic human needs, but also in expressing freely their views […] -
Child Marriage – Not a Child’s Play: POCSO’s Response
ABSTRACT “This is my son” 15 year old Maina replied, when I asked her about the crying child she was feeding. Taken aback, I further enquired her, when she got married. She replied when her age was only 13. This incident proved that the proverb “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle is the hand that […] -
POCSO and Child Marriages in India: A Conflict of Laws
ABSTRACT The present paper seeks to highlight the growing problem of Sexual offences on children in India and the changes and challenges Indian Legal system faces after the advent of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 with its main objectives being to analyze the mainstream achievements of POCSO and the growing areas of […] -
A Paper on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences: A Cogitation on Transexual Minors in India.
ABSTRACT Life is never easy, is something that every person understands through their experiences at one point but life is ever more tiresome and laborious to the members of the transgender community, especially its minors. It’s quite appalling that even in the 21st century that we as a legal community are failing as much as […] -
Paradigms of Socio-Legal Paradoxes Pertaining to Sexual offences against Children
INTRODUCTION: “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace”[1] Children are the greatest gift to humanity and their sexual abuse is one of the most heinous crimes imaginable. In any civilized society, children are “supremely important national asset”[2] and the future of the nation depends upon […] -
Impure Lust Eats Innocent Lives – Deafening Silence
“Too often, we see that legislation is on the books but that many children remain on the margins of society -not registered at birth, not in school, too poor to see a doctor and, for that, all the more vulnerable to violence and abuse.” (Rima Salah, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF) INTRODUCTION What is sex? sex […] -
Efficacy of the POCSO Act, 2012 in Curbing Victimization of Children in the Offence of Child Pornography
ABSTRACT: The Internet offers plenty of opportunities for adults as well as children in imparting knowledge about anything that is in existence with the universe. Yet, it has some negative consequences. It contributes to the rampant increase of sexual abuse and exploitation such as pornography. Children, in specific, are more vulnerable to such abuse or […] -
Invisible Shackles: A Closer Look at Today’s Silent Slaves
INTRODUCTION Sexual abuse of minors has become a global concern now. Almost every part of the world faces this problem. Child sexual abuse includes touching and non-touching activity. Examples of touching activity include touching a child’s genitals or private parts for sexual pleasure and making a child touch someone else’s genitals, play sexual games or […] -
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
“Crime against children is increasing at an alarming rate. They are confronting more of sexual violence against them.” ABSTRACT As the world is developing rapidly, sexual offences against humans is increasing too. The scope of sexual offences in current world, is not only restricted to adults irrespective of their age or gender but it has […]