The Role Of Human Right In Protecting Abused And Neglected Children, A Case Of Ilemela District Mwanza Region, Tanzania

ABSTRACT

Research was based on the role of human rights in protecting abused and neglected children in

ilernela district mwanza region in Tanzania. The number of children who die each year as a

result of abused comes primarily from death registries or mortality data.young children are at

greatest risk, with rates for the 0—4 years old age group more then double those of 5—14 year

of age.

However, despite the role of human rights in protecting abused and neglected children , the

numbers of abused children continue to rise. This has necessitated this research to investigate

this worrying trend and pave the way forward.

The general objective was to examine the role of human rights standards in protecting abused

and neglected children in ilernela district mwanza region Tanzania, to look at traditional systems

and how it brings about child abused and neglected in ilemela district in mwanza region in

Tanzania , To identify the rights of children in ilemela district in mwanza region in Tanzania, To

find out how human rights protect children from being abused and neglected in ilemela district in

mwanza region , To look at the policy recommendations for the averting abused and neglected

children in ilemela district in mwanza region.

Legal bodies, political leaders, councilors and the local population participated in the study. Both

the primary and secondary data were used in collecting the data . this was based on the research

questions and the documentary review. Both qualitative data analysis were used.

The {Thdings revealed the nature and the impact of child and neglect in ilemela district. Longterm

physical violation of rights against abused and neglected child.

Physically, sexually ,or emotionally abused or neglected as children ,shaken baby syndrome is a

servere form of head injury that cause the baby’s brain to bounce against its skull, personality

disorder, sympotoms can include paranoia, lack of impulse control , limited range of emotions,

and inability to on how does traditional system brought about child abuse and neglect? Denail of education , beliefs of forced marriage ,traditional corporal punishment, hard Labour, Denail of owning property, Denail of representation stoned to death.