Overview

• The two-day consultation in Hyderabad concluded with stakeholders approving a nationwide rollout of Telangana’s Bharosa one-stop centres to unify legal, medical and psychosocial support for child survivors.
• Delegates backed a plan to standardise child-friendly courts across states to reduce repeated victim testimony and adopt trauma-sensitive protocols.
• Judiciary, police, health experts and civil society pledged to tighten cross-sector coordination and introduce measurable indicators for rehabilitation and recovery.
• Leaders committed to strengthen measures against online exploitation, including child pornography, by enhancing social media oversight and enforcing stricter penalties.
• Speakers agreed that scaling survivor-centric reforms is vital to bridge implementation gaps in the POCSO and Juvenile Justice Acts and ensure empathetic care for victims.