Question

Define Child Rights.

Answer 1

According to Article 1 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years. 

In India, a child has the right to be protected from neglect, exploitation, and abuse at home and elsewhere. Children have the right to be protected from the incidence of abuse, exploitation, violence, neglect, commercial sexual exploitation, trafficking, child labour, and harmful traditional practices to name a few.