BSS, Dhaka :
Advisor to the Prime Minister for International Affairs Dr Gowher Rizvi on Friday said juvenile courts should be set up in all districts for establishing juvenile justice system throughout the country to protect children’s rights.
“It is urgent to set up juvenile courts at district levels for protecting child rights through establishment of a child-oriented juvenile justice system in the country,” he told a seminar on “Equity and Justice in Society: Protecting rights of children” at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre(BICC) here.
Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) organized the seminar as part of celebrating its 25th founding anniversary.
Managing Director of PKSF Md Abdul Karim, officials, right activists, representatives of different non-government organizations, among others, took part in the open discussion with member of general body of PKSF Dr Bandana Saha in the chair.
Executive Director of Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association Advocate Salma Ali and Executive Director of United Development Initiative for Programme Actions Md Emranul Haque Chowdhury presented two keynote papers separately.
Gowher said society as well as family should take more responsibility to groom up children with providing moral education and other necessary facilities for establishing children’s rights.
“We have to change our mindset towards children to protect our children from all sorts of abuses,” he said adding all should provide their cooperation for establishing rule of law to protect children’s rights.
Emranul said child labor is a common phenomenon in Bangladesh, with 4.7 million or 12.6 percent of children aged below 14 in the work force and another 6.8 percent between age 7 and 14 who while going to school also work.
Labor Act 2006 prohibits employment of children less than 14 years of age, as well as prohibiting hazardous forms of child labour for persons under age 18.
Advisor to the Prime Minister for International Affairs Dr Gowher Rizvi on Friday said juvenile courts should be set up in all districts for establishing juvenile justice system throughout the country to protect children’s rights.
“It is urgent to set up juvenile courts at district levels for protecting child rights through establishment of a child-oriented juvenile justice system in the country,” he told a seminar on “Equity and Justice in Society: Protecting rights of children” at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre(BICC) here.
Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) organized the seminar as part of celebrating its 25th founding anniversary.
Managing Director of PKSF Md Abdul Karim, officials, right activists, representatives of different non-government organizations, among others, took part in the open discussion with member of general body of PKSF Dr Bandana Saha in the chair.
Executive Director of Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association Advocate Salma Ali and Executive Director of United Development Initiative for Programme Actions Md Emranul Haque Chowdhury presented two keynote papers separately.
Gowher said society as well as family should take more responsibility to groom up children with providing moral education and other necessary facilities for establishing children’s rights.
“We have to change our mindset towards children to protect our children from all sorts of abuses,” he said adding all should provide their cooperation for establishing rule of law to protect children’s rights.
Emranul said child labor is a common phenomenon in Bangladesh, with 4.7 million or 12.6 percent of children aged below 14 in the work force and another 6.8 percent between age 7 and 14 who while going to school also work.
Labor Act 2006 prohibits employment of children less than 14 years of age, as well as prohibiting hazardous forms of child labour for persons under age 18.
