Saturday, April 9 2005 15:28 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: A research scholar from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai has become the first Indian and the youngest participant in the World Congress (WC) on Family Law and Rights of Children.

Twenty-six-year-old Deelip D Mhaske from the Department of Human and Social Sciences presented a paper on human rights of the HIV-positive children in India.

The fourth World Congress, held in Cape Town during March 20-23, 2005, deliberated upon the Convention on Child Rights, that has already been signed by some countries.

The first such event was held in Sydney (Australia) in 1993, the second in San Francisco (US) in 1997 and the third in Bath (England) in 2001.

Speakers from countries such as Britain, US, Ireland, Australia and several other European and Asian countries also participated in the event.

The Congress was organised by UNICEF and groups on children's rights from across the world.