Child Rights in India

This, the fully revised third edition of Child Rights in India: Law, Policy, and Practice, highlights the key developments that have taken place relating to the law, policy, and practice to promote and protect the rights of children. Since the last edition in 2005, there have been several legislations, progressive court judgments, and policy initiatives in India and other countries on the rights-based approach. This edition covers the new developments in India like the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, the new CARA guidelines, shared custody or joint parenting, international trends relating to joint custody, missing children, out-of-school children, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, Child Nutrition, and the National Food Security Act, 2013, and so on.