Child Rights in India Law, Policy, and Practice

Child rights is an important area of scholarship the world over and isgaining great significance as an area of research in the first decade of 21stcentury. Protection of child rights is now considered an integral part of humanrights. The recent years have witnessed a shift in the orientation andperspective of child rights. The book addresses the issue of child rights froman interdisciplinary perspective and covers a wide gamut of issues such as rightto family environment, right to parental care, right against sexual and economicexploitation, right to development and survival. The author has critically examined the recent national and internationalinitiatives, the present laws, court decisions, the recent amendments and thelaw reforms suggested by the law commission for setting an agenda towardsprotection of child rights and their empowerment. This book will attract a wide range of readers including lawyers, socialworkers, sociologists, child welfare agencies, civil libe rty groups, policymakers, NGOS, and institutions like UNICEF AND ILO.

Asha Bajpai is Professor, Centre for Socio-legal Studies and Human Rights, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.