Protection Services
The United Nations Convention on the Rights
of the Child (CRC) was signed by the Maldivian government in
August 1990 and ratified in February 1991. Universally children
have four basic human rights and those are, the right to survival;
to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences,
abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural
and social life. Non-discrimination; devotion to the best interests
of the child; the right to life, survival and development; and
respect for the views of the child are the four central principles
of this Convention. The Law on the Protection of the Rights of
the Child (Law 9/91) was passed in November 1991.
The Child and Family Protection Services (CFPS), formerly known
as the Unit for the Rights of Children (URC), work in accordance
with the CRC to ensure that children in the Maldives are given
adequate protection. Despite the lack of staff and the difficulties
in decentralize its services to other atolls in the current situation,
the Child and Family Protection Services is still working vigorously
providing and seeking to reach its services to Children and Families
that are in need.
Currently, the Service consists of 12 staff members consisting
of Counselors and Social Service Workers.
The Child and Family Protection Services (CFPS) paves the way
for social and psychological services for children in conflict
with the law, children deprived from their fundamental rights,
children and adults with special needs and the elderly. |
