Constitutional Protection of

the State you live in

National Guarantees
 Introduction
• How does the Constitution protect children?
• The Constitutional provisions which extended such protection
expressly.
• Substantive protection
• Procedural protection
• The Constitutional provisions which extended such protection
impliedly
• Does our constitution incorporate any ‘children’s rights as part of its
protection?
How does the Constitution Protect Children?
• Does the Constitution protect children directly?
• Does it mean express protection only?
• Does it include implied protection as well?
• What does ‘protection of children’ mean?
• Means protection of rights, interests, well-being, etc. of children
Protection: Children only or people including
children
• Special protection of children
• General protection of people including children
• Protection as to substance
• Protection as to process
Relevant Articles of the constitution
• Which expresses any protection including judicial, tribunal, or other
institution may, in this discretion, may consider it disireable
Through Judicial interpretation of
constitutional provisions
• Right to life, safety, security etc.
• Education
• Health
• Shelter
• Freedom from torture
• Freedom from domestic violence
• Freedom from hard labour/labour
• Right to engage in lawful vocation etc.
• Freedom from Slavery
‘Laws’ Protecting children
• Means of law in the context of article
• Written
• Unwritten
• Case law
Enabling legislations
• Constitutional amendments
• Incorporation
• Constitutional revisions
• And new constitutions… procedures, notifications and guidelines
• National Written laws of the State
• Unwritten laws
• Duty imposed on relevant personals, instantons – duty of spport
• Minors contracts- guardians chips etc.
• Rights of succession and inheritance
Case Law
• Duty of support
• Minors contract
• Adoption
• Education- school admissions
• Property and inheritance
• Any other relevant, rules, guidelines, explanations

• Discussion and look in to laws of the own state…