TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION ;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ;
ABSTRACT ;
HYPOTHESIS ;
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ;
CHAPTER 1: DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF THE POCSO ACT 2012 ;
1.1 INTRODUCTION ;
1.2 NEED TO STUDY ;
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ;
1.4 OBJECTIVES ;
1.5 SCOPE ;
1.6 LIMITATION ;
1.7 METHODOLOGY ;
1.8 SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTERS ;
CHAPTER 2: CRITICALLY ANALYSING THE POCSO ACT 2012: ITS NEED & IMPORTANCE ;
2.1 CRITICALLY ANALYSING THE POCSO ACT 2012 ;
CHAPTER 3: UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTIONING OF SPECIAL CHILD COURTS UNDER THE POCSO ACT 2012 ;
3.1 UNDERSTANDING POCSO ACT 2012 & ITS PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE STRUCTURAL COMPLIANCE OF THE SPECIAL COURTS ;
3.2 INCEPTION OF SPECIAL COURTS ;
3.3 APPOINTMENT OF THE SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTERS UNDER POCSO ACT 2012 ;
3.4 COURTROOM DESIGN UNDER POCSO ACT 2012 ;
3.5 FACILITIES AND THE PROCESS OF RECORDING TESTIMONY IN THE SPECIAL COURTS40
3.6 LIMITATIONS ;
3.7 CONCLUSION ;
3.8 UNDERSTANDING POCSO ACT 2012 & ITS PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PROCEDURAL COMPLIANCE OF THE SPECIAL COURTS;
3.9 VICTIM’S RIGHT TO BE HEARD ;
3.10 VICTIM’S RIGHT TO PRIVACY ;
3.11 SPEEDY DISPOSAL OF THE CASES ;
3.12 PROBLEMS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROCEDURAL MECHANISMS ;
3.13. CONCLUSION ;
CHAPTER 4: UNDERSTANDING POCSO WITH THE INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL FRAMEWORK ;
4.1 GENERAL INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON CHILD RIGHTS PROTECTION ;
4.1.1 UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ;
4.1.2. INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ;
4.1.3. THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ;
4.2. SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS ON CHILD RIGHT PROTECTION ;
4.2.1 THE DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD 1924 ;
4.2.2. THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (1959);
4.2.3. THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (1989) ;
4.2.4. THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT ;
4.2.5. THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON ADOPTION ;
4.3. CHILD RIGHTS PROTECTION IN INDIA ;
4.3.1. CHILD PROTECTION AND UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF UNICEF ;
4.3.2. CHILD PROTECTION AND NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ;
4.3.3. RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ;
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS ;
FINDINGS ;
BIBLIOGRAPHY ;
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