Armed Conflict and the Orphans of Jammu and Kashmir

The book argues the relevance of children’s voices while drafting policy programs for their relief and rehabilitation. Children must be allowed to enter into dialogical relationships with adult counterparts (child care professionals to be specific). This is crucial for the efficacious rehabilitation of conflict affected children because disregarding the voices of the children would mean a failure to apprehend their experimental knowledge and perception.Further the redressal of children affected by armed conflict in specific regions of the world requires a blend of both – the universal approach to human rights and consideration to the cultural specifications of a society. In other words a weak cultural relativism within the human rights perspective would do justice in addressing the specific needs of the children.