Workshop on POCSO Act, Juvenile Justice Act held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 18 2016:
A one-day State level workshop on Protection of
Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and Juvenile
Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 was held today at
Classic Grande.
The workshop was organised by Manipur
Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Imphal under the
sponsorship of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights,
New Delhi.
Speaking as the chief guest of the inaugural session, Social
Welfare Minister AK Mirabai said that everyone should ensure
that children are free from all forms of offences.
She said that hectic efforts are on to conduct awareness about
the protection of children from offences in the village, block and
district levels.
She said that all concerned should ensure the safety
of children and effective implementation of laws in this connec-
tion.
S Sarat, chairperson of MCPCR, chairperson of NCPCR
Arun Mathur, member of
NCPCR Yashwant Jain, Principal Secretary SK Dev
Verman, IGP Clay Khongsai
attended the workshop as the
presidium members.