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The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
Why is it in news?
- NCPCR) take on Odisha government for not making sincere efforts to monitor child care institutions.
More in news
- In the wake of recent allegations of sexual harassment of children in a shelter home in Dhenkanal district, the NCPCR teams are scrutinising registration of CCIs and facilities available in those care homes.
- Several organisations have come up with hostel accommodations for children to evade stringent monitoring under the Juvenile Justice Act.
- The State government neither follows the NCPCR guidelines nor has developed its own mechanism to keep a tab on the residential hostels.
- NCPCR recommendations include-
- Installation of CCTVs in care homes,
- Making inmates of the home aware about the JJ Act and
- The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.
- Functionaries of these homes should be trained to prevent abuse and violation of guidelines should be inquired by senior level officials.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
- Act- set up in March 2007 under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005.
- Status- Statutory body under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005.
- Administrative Control- Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India.
- Mandate- To ensure that all Laws, Policies, Programmes, and Administrative Mechanisms are in consonance with the Child Rights perspective as enshrined in the Constitution of India and also the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- Child definition- The Child is defined as a person in the 0 to 18 years age group.
Source
The Hindu, ncpcr.gov.in