On 15 November, 1998, the Legal Aid and Consultancy Center (LACC) established a Children Justice Center (CJC) in Kathmandu. It was established with the support of the International Labour Organisation, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC). The CJC is currently implementing a project for "Providing legal aid and counselling to victims of child labour, abuse and sexual exploitation from Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur Districts". We intend to extend its services to other district also.

In 1999, His Majesty's Government of Nepal established a "Juvenile Bench" in all District Courts as per the provisions of the Children's Act. LACC/CJC was one of the front-line organizations advocating and campaigning for the establishment of the a separate Children Court, Family Court and Juvenile Bench. For the first time in the legal history of Nepal, lawyers of the CJC physically appeared in the court of law on behalf of child victims. It is a landmark event in the legal history of Nepal

Children are the most important and integral component of any society. They deserve the best the family, society and the nation has to offer. Children have inherent right to survival, protection, security, development, love, care, education, health care, justice, peace and freedoms. Thus no national development programme could be complete without the inclusion of children's well being. The child development and welfare policy must emphasise the participation of entire communities, society and the national government itself. It is imperative for the government to include child right as an important agenda while formulating national policies and programmes

• Child rights.
  
• Child labour.
  
• Legal and judicial protection of children.
  
• Practical implementation of the national and international instruments on child rights.
  
• Strengthening of law enforcement mechanism.
  
• Propagation of national and international instruments on child rights.
  
• Sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking of children.
  
• Education, training, awareness and sensitisation on child rights.
  
• Free legal aid, counselling, mediation and court representation to child victims.
  
• Legislative drafting and public policy influencing.
  
• Advocacy and networking.
  
• Research, documentation, case studies and publication.

• To provide free institutional legal aid, counselling, support and court representation to the child victims of sexual abuses, exploitation, trafficking, forced child labour or those deprived of their rights.
• To work for the practical implementation of the provisions of the Nepal Children Act, 1992, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international Conventions, Covenants and Declarations on child rights
• To file case on behalf of the child victims and plead their cases in the court of law
• To secure justice for the child victims through court proceeding.
• To strengthen national law enforcement mechanism and institutions for the protection of the rights and best interests of children
• To inform and sensitize the Members of Parliament, government officials, Judges, Public Prosecutors, Judicial officials, lawyers, police administration, medical personnel and general public about the magnitude and gravity of the sexual abuses, exploitation, trafficking of children and child labour in the country
• To promote and propagate the principles and provisions of international instruments on child rights and raise awareness of grassroots about the principles and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other International Instruments on Child Rights through various demonstrative activities, publication, seminars, training and talk programmes.
• To work in close co-operation with the governmental, non-governmental, inter-governmental organizations and UN agencies working for the protection and promotion of the rights and the interest of the children.
  

Data Collection: The CJC collects data and information on various issues confronting the children especially on legal matters. It is in the process of creating a database on child victims and their legal remedial process.

The CJC strongly advocates for the inclusion of cases of child abuse and child exploitation as Criminal Cases under the proposed "Prevention of Trafficking Act 2056" drafted by the government.

Since its inception, the CJC has taken up 403 ( 224 old 179 new) cases of child victims; either working under forced labour conditions or been abused physically/sexually, for legal protection.146 have already been filed in the courts of Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Kathmandu districts. Out of which 42 cases have been already  decided in favour of the children and the rest are being debated in the court.

Recently, cases related to paedophilia, child rape, forced child labour and children working under hazardous conditions (resulting in the loss of body parts) have been brought to the notice of the CJC. The incidences of forced child labour and cases of sexual abuse of children are found almost in all the districts.

The CJC has examined, scrutinized and analyzed Nepal Children's Act, 1992. It found various shortcomings, deficiencies and weaknesses in the Act. It has been working on correcting these deficiencies and updating the Act. It will submit its findings and recommendations to the government.

On February 5, 1999, the CJC organised an interaction programme at Kathmandu to sensitize the lawyers, judicial officers, police officers, medical professionals, NGOs, social workers and the media about the problems of child labour, trafficking in children, child abuse, child exploitation and the law on the subject.

The CJC organized a second interaction programme in Kathmandu on October 7, 1999 for exchanging ideas, experience and problems related to the cases being handled by it. The programme was attended by child rights NGOs, international agencies, police officers, medical professionals and social workers.

In March and April 2001 it organised two regional workshops in Sunsari and Morang districts to sensitize the lawyers, judicial officers, judges, police officers, medical professionals, NGOs, social workers and the media about the problems of child labour, trafficking in children, child abuse, child exploitation and the law on the subject.