Ordensmagten, læger og dommere bør helt ændre syn på en af Indiens skjulte “dårlige samvittigheder” – som da en 12-årig pige angiveligt blev voldtaget af tre mænd i den hellige by, Varanasi, og politiet ikke ville tro det, hvorpå de tævede hendes far.
NEW DELHI, 7th February, 2013: The Indian government should improve protections for children from sexual abuse (overgreb) as part of broader reform efforts following the gang rape and murder of a student in New Delhi in December 2012, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released Thursday.
Child sexual abuse is disturbingly common in homes, schools, and residential care facilities in India.
A government-appointed committee set up after the New Delhi attack to recommend legal and policy reform has found that child protection schemes “have clearly failed to achieve their avowed objective.”
The 82-page report, “Breaking the Silence: Child Sexual Abuse in India,” examines how current government responses are falling short, both in protecting children from sexual abuse and treating victims.
Many children are effectively mistreated a second time by traumatic medical examinations and by police and other authorities who do not want to hear or believe their accounts (beretninger).
Government efforts to tackle the problem, including new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse, will also fail unless protection mechanisms are properly implemented and the justice system reformed to ensure that abuse is reported and fully prosecuted, Human Rights Watch said.
Læs videre på
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/02/07/india-child-sex-abuse-shielded-silence-and-neglect
Begynd fra: “India’s system to combat child sexual abuse is inadequate….”
Man kan hente (downloade) hele rapporten på
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/india0113ForUpload.pdf
