NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

By /

National

Committee on the Rights of the Child(NCRC)

Children are considered as the future

leaders of the

nation. The government, therefore, is giving a high priority for the interest of

the child for normal children as well as children in needs of special

protection.

Myanmar has acceded to the Convention on the Rights of the

Child in 1991 and the Child Law

was enacted in 1993. The National Committee on the Rights of the Child (NCRC) was

formed in October 1993, headed by the Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and

Resettlement  Director General

of the Department of Social Welfare is secretary of NCRC. Deputy Ministers and

Directors General from relevent Ministries and Departments and chair persons of

Non-Governmental Organizations are members of NCRC.

In order to carry out, the function of NCRC, the working

committee and sub-committees were also formed. Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and

Resettlement is chairman and Director General of the Department of

Social Welfare is vice chairman of working committee on the Rights of the Child.

Sub Committees were also formed. There are 7 Sub-Committees as follows :-

  • Law Affairs

    Sub-Committee

  • Education

    Sub-Committee

  • Health Sub-Committee

  • Prevention

    Sub-Committee

  • Information

    Sub-Committee

  • Sports Sub-Committee

  • Protection

    Sub-Committee

Subsequently, Committees on the Rights of the Child were

formed state, division, district and township level. At present,16 states and divisions, 63 districts and 262

townships out of 324 township were formed. The first Myanmar National Report on the implementation of

Convention on the Rights of the Child

has been submitted to the UNCRC in 1995. Now NCRC is preparing to submit the

final draft of the second national report of CRC.

The Supreme Court issued notification NO. 25/93 on 29

July,1993 to confer power of a juvenile judge on a Township Judge in areas where

juvenile courts have not been established. Now, two juvenile Courts have been

established in Yangon and Mandalay.

A well wisher donated for National fund for

Child Welfare, Educational assistant fund for

orphans alld Emergency Health Care fund for orphans. The office work and funding

are undertaken by the Department of Social Welfare. The Department of Social

Welfare provided the 14 training for voluntary probation officers to implement of

Child Law and distributed the posters, pamphlets and translated into six

Languages of nationalities collaboration with UNICEF.

 

 

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