Child Rights in India

Description

Legislation is one of the most important tools for empowering children. It reflects the commitment of the state to promote an ideal and progressive value system. Recent years have seen several key developments in the law, policy, and practice related to child rights. Significantly, with the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, a rights-based approach has acquired prominence in the child rights discourse across the world.
The book analyses the laws in the light of court judgments and policy initiatives taken in India. It also examines the interventions and strategies employed by non-governmental organizations in recommending legislative reforms in support of children.
This fully revised third edition focuses on the new legal developments in India—such as the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015; the new Central Adoption Resource Agency guidelines; the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009; and the National Food Security Act, 2013—thus attempting to integrate the law in theory and field practice.

About the Author

Asha Bajpai is founder dean and professor of law at the School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Table of contents

List of Abbreviations
Foreword to the Third Edition by N.R. Madhava Menon
Preface to the Third Edition
1. Rights of the Child: An Overview
2. Right to Family Environment: Adoption and Other Non-institutional Services
3. Right to Parental Care: Custody and Guardianship
4. Right against Economic Exploitation: Child Labour
5. Right to Protection against Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
6. Juvenile Justice: Administration and Implementation
7. Right to Development: Education, Play, and Recreation
8. Right to Survival: Health, Nutrition, and Shelter
9. Making Child Rights a Reality
Index
About the Author