President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has dissolved the Presidential Commission to Inquire into Child Rights Violations. The commission was dissolved following the conclusion of its mandated duties and responsibilities.
The commission was formulated in 2020 to safeguard and ensure the protection of the rights of children and to expedite systematic efforts of rectification. It was tasked with probing the actions and assessing the current situation of all cases handled by all state parties and institutions mandated to protect children from harm, which included all cases of violence, neglect, abuse, and cruelty against children. The committee was also mandated to identify and analyse the root causes of all forms of violations against children, including motives, where it happens, age groups of perpetrators, socio-economic factors, crime rates, susceptibility to violence, the current situation of victims, and accountability of state institutions in undertaking their responsibility.
The purpose of establishing the commission was to examine and recommend appropriate remedial measures to rectify systematic failures, placing instruments of ensuring protection for children, thus enabling authorities to take action against perpetrators who mistreat, neglect, violate, abuse, and exploit children. The commission also gathered information, analysed, and reported on all infringements on all child rights guaranteed by the law and seek avenues to convict perpetrators.