Paper on human rights of the HIV-positive children in India.

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IIT scholar participates in World Congress on Family Law and Rights of Children

Saturday, April 9, 2005 (New Delhi):

A research scholar from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, has become

the first Indian and the youngest participant in the World Congress on Family

Law and Rights of Children.

Twenty-six-year-old Deelip D Mhaske from the Department of Human and Social

Sciences presented a paper on human rights of the HIV-positive children in

India.

The fourth World Congress, held in Cape Town during March 20-23, 2005,

deliberated upon the Convention on Child Rights, that has already been signed by

some countries.

The first such event was held in Sydney (Australia) in 1993, the second in San

Francsico (US) in 1997 and the third in Bath (England) in 2001.

Speakers from countries such as Britain, US, Ireland, Australia and several

other European and Asian countries also participated in the event.

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