Draft Child Protection and Justice Bill finalised
A draft Child Protection and Justice Bill, which proposes to repeal certain parts of the Children and Young Persons Ordinance and ensure Sri Lanka’s conformity with international standards pertaining to the best interest of the child, has been finalised.
Among many other progressive reforms, the Bill envisages to provide special protections to children who are in conflict with the law and children in need of care and protection.
Mrs. Chandrani Senaratne, Secretary to the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs of Sri Lanka said this while making a statement on behalf of Sri Lanka when the 5th and 6th Periodic Reports of Sri Lanka were considered at the 77th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at the Palais Wilson in Geneva.
