THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCES: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
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Sexual offences against children or Child sexual abuse is an epidemic, one that happens everywhere and is increasing profusely with each passing day, without any barriers of race, caste, sex, nationality, language or religion. Whether known or unknown, there is at least one child sexual abuse in our surrounding, resulting in behavioural, cognitive, emotional and developmental difficulties. The forms of child sexual abuse range from sexual assault to voyeurism, pornography and several other forms.
This Article addresses the Indian approach in the form of various legislations that aim at effectively addressing cases of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children like the POCSO Act, focussing upon a critical analysis of the aforesaid Act, recent amendments, various judicial pronouncements on cases of child sexual abuse as well as a study of the laws in different countries.
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