Child Protection Law in India: A Critical Study

Abstract

Children are valuable asset of any country. The present child is a feature adolescent. So, any Country’s growth and development are depending on its children. Everyone should be a right to protect children from all forms of exploitation and sexual abuse. There different forms of child abuse. Child exploitation, sexual molestation, child marriage, neglect, verbal abuse, child battering, child prostitution, child pornography, and child labour, which are directly or indirectly are running in our society. Whoever, the state has failure to control the crime. The government of India has established a variety of laws to ensure their protection. In 1989, India becomes a signatory to the United Nations Conventions (UNC) on child rights. It is a revolutionary change in the legislation of international humanitarian law. In keeping with requirement of (CRC) India submitted its initial to the committee on the rights of the child in 1997. According to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, a child is a person under the age of eighteen years. The Government, along with other institutions like (UNICEF) has been tirelessly working in the formulation and implantation of policies for the protection and overall development of children in India.