Child Rights : A Perspective on International and National Law/Didla Venkateswara Rao. New Delhi, Manak, 2004, xx, 258 p., ISBN 81-7827-090-0.

    Contents: Preface. I. Introduction: 1. The problem. 2. Legal setting. 3. Problem of implementation. 4. Defining "Child". 5. Plan of analysis. II. Development of the international law on the child rights: 1. Historical perspective. 2. Specialised agencies of the United Nations. 3. South Asian Association for Co-operation (SAARC). III. The UN convention on the rights of the child, 1989: 1. Introduction. 2. Substantive rights. 3. Social rights. 4. Economic rights. 5. Civil rights. 6. Juvenile justice. 7. Protection of children in armed conflict. 8. A critique on the convention. 9. The implementation measures. 10. Current status of the convention. 11. Optional protocol to the convention on the rights of the child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2000. 12. Optional protocol to the convention on the rights of the child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 2000. IV. International law of the rights of the child and the Indian law: 1. International law and municipal law. 2. Development of the Indian law on the rights of the child. V. The role of the Indian judiciary: 1. Introduction. 2. Interpretation of treaties.  3. The role of the Indian judiciary. VI. Conclusion. Bibliography.

    "The study is quite comprehensive, educative and informative. The problems, development, and the nature of the child rights has been examined thoroughly and painstakingly from a historical perspective. Various international declarations, conventions, covenants, and various Indian statutes, rules, regulations, policies, programmes and various judgments of the courts have been appropriately and correctly taken into consideration while dealing with the subject under study. The study highlights the role of various organisations namely, UN, ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, which are working in the field of protection of the child rights. The study covers certain very essential features as to how these organisations are facing difficulties in ensuring the enjoyment of the rights of the child at the national level and make it a reality rather than let it remain only a matter of literary interest or offering a lip-sympathy. It also covers all available international instruments related to child rights and the major disadvantages of all the instruments dealing with the child rights." (jacket)

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