Children shell fish at a factory in the file photo. White Star/File
QUETTA: The participants and speakers at a strategic planning consultative workshop on Tuesday urged the National Commission on the Rights of the Child (NCRC) to strengthen inter-provincial coordination, support capacity building and give advice on laws for the promotion and protection of child rights, particularly in Balochistan.
Cabinet members, officials from government departments, police and prison staff, and civil society and trade union representatives who attended the workshop underscored the need for strengthening and empowerment of the NCRC through amending the National Commission on the Rights of Child Act, 2017, so that the commission could operate as an independent national human rights institution as required by the international standards known as Paris Principles.