ID | 122440 |
Title Proper | Human rights and juvenile justice |
Language | ENG |
Author | Mishra, Lakshmidhar |
Publication | 2013. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | A Child is born. Its birth represents the duplication of human species. It becomes a festive occasion of excitement and joy for the parents, family members and people in the neighborhood. They pray for the health, happiness and well-being of the new born in the words of Shuklayajurveda: 'May you live for one hundred years May you see one hundred autumns in their resplendent glory May you listen to the whisper of the falling leaves of one hundred autumns May you minstrel to humanity In the language of one hundred autumns' But the fervour and joy are short-lived. No sooner the baby is out of the protective warmth of the womb of the mother, it is subjected to a series of vicissitudes. To start with, there is the incidence of low birth weight (42.5 PC of children below 5 years in India are underweight while 69 PC of such children are anaemic) compounded by vulnerability to series of infections (diarrhoea, dysentery, whooping cough, tetanus, measles, diphtheria, TB, pleurisy, bronchitis, bronchial asthma and so on). As the child learns to begin with the first step in the long journey of life, it falters and falls. Every moment of its evolution and growth also becomes a moment of accidents which cause injury and, therefore, anxiety and concern. The pangs of death invade the scene as unpredictably as the joy of birth. |
`In' analytical Note | Dialogue Vol. 14, No.4; Apr-Jun 2013: p.75-91 |
Journal Source | Dialogue Vol. 14, No.4; Apr-Jun 2013: p.75-91 |
Key Words | Human Rights ; Juvenile Justice ; Convention on the Rights of Children (CRC) |