Human Right Violations against Children

Abstract

The philosophy behind juvenile justice is that a delinquent juvenile is not a criminal but he is a person who needs care, affection and support. For a child in conflict with law either degeneration or rehabilitation may happen, depending on the care he gets from the society. He must get the benefit of humanized procedure and homely atmosphere in the police station. He has to realize his faults and correct himself. For that, a typical psychological environment has to be created. Where a juvenile delinquent is arrested, he/she has to be produced before a juvenile court and if no juvenile court is established for the area, the court of sessions will have powers of a juvenile court. The atrocious bail system acts as much baneful to the adults as to the children. Therefore, if we are really concerned about the maintenance and preservation of basic freedoms, we should move towards humanization of the bail system.