International standards on Child Right Protection

The international standards on child rights protection are amplified in this article which is based on an extensive review of literature. There are four categories of child rights such as civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights. The Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1924), establishment of UNICEF (1946), United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), United Nations General Assembly (1959) and United Nations Convention on Child Rights Protection (1989) provided meaningful norms and guidelines for the protection of child rights all over the world. The UN Convention contains about 54 articles covering a wide variety of rights of the protection/ welfare and the autonomy aspects. The World Summit for Children (1991) was convened in New York in order to take stock of the universal child rights protection. The United Nations bodies and specialized agencies were enabled to take active part in the deliberations and provide useful norms and guidelines for the protection of children. Concerted efforts are required to ensure global action for child rights protection in the new millennium.