An Introduction to The Rights of Children in India

Authors

Sidhartha Sekhar Dash, Assistant Professor-II
School of Law, KIIT Deemed to be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Subhakanta Das, II Year Student
LLM, School of Law, KIIT Deemed to be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Abstract

Child is an important national asset for a country, and the future of every country depending on the maturity and growth of its children. Presently, the primary aim of our culture has been to shield children from all forms of neglect and violence. In the past, there have been a lot of cases of child exploitation, in the form of sexual abuse, marriage, underfeeding, verbal abuse, child batteries, child prostitution, child pornography and child labour. One of the most important topics for debate in this new millennium has arisen the topic of children’s rights. The fact is that children today, as they live in human rights and social justice, belong to the disadvantaged minority group. The principal reason for this lack lays in the fact that children still are not, in fact, a whole political entity. In addition, they are typically defenceless physically, psychologically and economically.