What is the stand taken by International Conventions on the rights of children?
The Convention on the Rights of the Child under Article 19 and 34 clearly states the steps that need to be taken by governments in order to ensure a healthy and protective environment for the children. They safeguard children from evils such as prostitution and pornography. What are the landmark judgments with respect to such cases? Like a light at the end of a tunnel, as a result of years of activism, cases of CSA are being taken seriously. Sumangala Biradar a lawyer with Majlish a law firm working with women”s rights said, “It is only today that people are coming out and speaking about such cases earlier they never used to and this is a positive development.” In the recent past a PIL filed by ”Sakshi”, a women”s support group and NGO lead to the introduction of a set of guidelines to be carried out in trials of this nature by the apex court. The Supreme Court has directed that the victims and witnesses in a child abuse case be kept away from the accused during the trial by means
