THE COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS ACT 2005
An act to provide for the constitution of a National Commission and state commissions for protection of child rights and children’s courts for providing speedy trial of offences against children or of violation of child rights and for matters connected there with or incidental thereto. India participated in the United Nations General Assembly summit in 1990, which adopted a Declaration on survival, protection and development of children; whereas India has also acceded to the Convention on the Right of Child (CRC) on the 11th December 1992, it was divided in to three parts, the Convention on the Right of Child has 54 articles. Convention on the Right of Child is an international treaty that makes it incumbent upon the signatory states to take all necessary steps to protect children’s rights enumerated in the convention.
Child rights include the Children’s rights adopted in the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child on the 20th November 1989, and ratified by the Government of India on the 11th December 1992. In this act the chairperson of the commission or of the state commission as the case may be; the commission means the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights constituted under section3, the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights constituted under section 17.
Examine all factors that inhibit the enjoyment of right of children affected by terrorism, communal violence, riots, natural disaster, domestic violence, HIV/ AIDS, trafficking, maltreatment, torture and exploitation, pornography and prostitution and look into the matters relating to children in need of special care and protection including children in distress, marginalized, disadvantaged, children in conflict with law and children of prisoners and recommended appropriate remedial measures, if found necessary action.
The commission shall furnish to the central government such returns or other information with respect to its activities as the central government may from time to time require. The central or state government may, by notification, make rules to carry out the provisions of this act. Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of the period of two years from the date of commence of this act. Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each Houses of Parliament