Article 39 – Right of children

Each child shall have the right to his/her identity with the family name, and birth registration.

Every child shall have the right to education, health care nurturing, appropriate upbringing, sports, recreation and overall personality development from family and the State.

Every child shall have the right to formative child development, and child participation.

No child shall be employed in factories, mines, or in any other hazardous works.

No child shall be subjected to child marriage, illegal trafficking, kidnapping, or being held hostage.

No child shall be subjected to recruitment or any kind of use in the army, police or armed groups, neglected, or used immorally, or abused physically, mentally, or sexually, or exploited through any other means, in the name of religious or cultural practices.

No child shall be subjected to physical, mental, or any other forms of torture at home, in school, or in any other places or situations.

Every child shall have the right to child friendly justice.

Children who are helpless, orphaned, physically impaired, victims of conflict and vulnerable, shall have the right to special protection and facilities from the State.

Any act contrary to Clause (4), (5), (6) and (7) shall be punishable by law, and children who have suffered from such an act shall have the right to be compensated by the perpetrator as provided for in law.