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CHILD PROTECTION IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE CHILD PROTECTION AND WELFARE ACT 2010

12 Pages : 84-88

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-I).12      10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-I).12      Published : Mar 2021

Child Protection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Brief Review of the Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010

    Child protection is the prevention and response to child violence and abuse, including illegal child engagement in labor, within and outside the country trafficking, sexual abuse of children and child rights violation due to customary laws. The Pakistani state adopted and is the signatory to various international documents and instruments. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in the year 2010 passed a law entitled; Child Protection and Welfare Act for children rights protection in the province. In the present research study, the researchers reviewed systematically various international documents and instruments as well as the provincial government child protection law. Pakistani state adopted various documents and signed international instruments for child protection. For the protection of children, units are established in all most all the districts in the province under the act. The research study highlighted that a strong reporting and referral mechanism is required about the abused children in the province.

    Child, Protection, Welfare, Sexual Abuse, Trafficking, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    (1) Hussain Ali
    Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Ashraf Ali
    Chairman/Associate Professor, Department of Law, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muzammil Shah
    Superintendent, Department of Law, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Ali, H., Ali, A., & Shah, M. (2021). Child Protection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Brief Review of the Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010. Global Legal Studies Review, VI(I), 84-88. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-I).12
    CHICAGO : Ali, Hussain, Ashraf Ali, and Muzammil Shah. 2021. "Child Protection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Brief Review of the Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010." Global Legal Studies Review, VI (I): 84-88 doi: 10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-I).12
    HARVARD : ALI, H., ALI, A. & SHAH, M. 2021. Child Protection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Brief Review of the Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010. Global Legal Studies Review, VI, 84-88.
    MHRA : Ali, Hussain, Ashraf Ali, and Muzammil Shah. 2021. "Child Protection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Brief Review of the Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010." Global Legal Studies Review, VI: 84-88
    MLA : Ali, Hussain, Ashraf Ali, and Muzammil Shah. "Child Protection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Brief Review of the Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010." Global Legal Studies Review, VI.I (2021): 84-88 Print.
    OXFORD : Ali, Hussain, Ali, Ashraf, and Shah, Muzammil (2021), "Child Protection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Brief Review of the Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010", Global Legal Studies Review, VI (I), 84-88
    TURABIAN : Ali, Hussain, Ashraf Ali, and Muzammil Shah. "Child Protection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Brief Review of the Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010." Global Legal Studies Review VI, no. I (2021): 84-88. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-I).12