336% increase in child rape cases last decade; 48,338 child rape cases between 2001-11, Times of India, April 20, 2013

Sexual offences against children in India have reached an epidemic proportion and a large number of them are being committed in the juvenile justice homes run and aided by the Government of India. This had been revealed in the report "India's Hell Holes: Child Sexual Assault in Juvenile Justice Homes" by the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR). The report has been submitted in advance to the UN special rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, who is conducting an official visit to India from April 22 to May 1, 2013.