Two-day training programme for Special Juvenile Police Units (SJPU) was organised by State Child Protection Society Nagaland in collaboration with Nagaland police on Wednesday at Police Complex, Chumukedima, wherein police personnel were educated on various issues relating to a child.
On day one, resource persons of the training, head of Eastern regional resource centre, CHILDLINE India foundation, Kolkata, Sandeep Kumar Mitra and register, West Bengal National University for Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan, deliberated on topics like “highlight on CHILDLINE and its field experience working with children”, “Introduction to Child Rights”, “Child and the juvenile justice Law in India; a brief introduction to & an overview of the New Juvenile Justice Act” and “Understanding and dealing with a child in conflict with law-The law and procedures related to children in conflict with law and SJPU duties during apprehension/trial phase”, respectively.
Sandeep Kumar Mitra said the main aim and objective of CHILDLINE was to reach out to every child in need of care and protection by responding to emergencies on 1098.
He said CHILDLINE strives for excellence in quality service to children in need of special care and protection, to ensure that the best interest of the child is secured, to provide a platform of networking amongst organisations and to provide linkages to support systems which facilitate the rehabilitation of children in need of care and protection.
Mitra said CHILDLINE aims to create a family of NGOs and government organisations working within the framework of a national vision and policy for children so that they could learn from the experiences of CHILDLINE, utilise the data generated and jointly determine strategies to reach out more effectively to children.
Speaking on the topic, Child and Juvenile Justice Law in India and Understanding and Dealing Witha Child in Conflict with Law, Dr Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan said, children are given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and that childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and against moral and material abandonment. Khan also highlighted on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 and also elaborated on the fundamental principles that any child should be presumed to be an innocent of any mala fide or criminal intent up to the age of eighteen years.
The resource person said all human beings should be treated with equal dignity and rights and every child should have a right to be heard and to participate in all processes and decisions affecting his/her interest. He added that the child’s views should be taken into consideration with due regard to the age and maturity of the child.
Earlier, keynote address was delivered by State child protection society Nagaland, society director, Z.Nyusietho Nyuthe, while slideshow on Child Protection Service Delivery Structure was presented by programme manager, SCPS Nagaland, Raitale Zeliang. The training which would culminate on July 20 is being attended by police officers of the state.