Convention on the Rights of the ChildThe United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (commonly abbreviated as the CRC, CROC, or UNCRC) is a human rights treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state's own domestic legislation.[4]Nations that ratify this convention are bound to it by international law. Compliance is monitored by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which is composed of members from countries around the world. Once a year, the Committee submits a report to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, which also hears a statement from the CRC Chair, and the Assembly adopts a Resolution on the Rights of the Child.Definition of the ConventionThe Convention on the Rights of the Child is part of the legally binding international instruments for the guarantee and the protection of Human Rights. Adopted in 1989, the Conventions objective is to protect the rights of all children in the world.The 1st legally binding text that protects the rights of childrenThe Convention is the first legally binding international instrument of Childrens Rights protection. That means that it establishes an obligatory force to the body of all the rights it stipulates.That implies that the States that ratified the Convention are obligated to respect and to ensure that all rights it establishes in the name of children are respected.The most comprehensive text for the protection of childrens rightsThis Convention represents the most comprehensive international text that exists in terms of childrens rights protection. Even though other international instruments, such as the International Pacts, the ILO Conventions, andthe international adoption Convention guarantee childrens rights, the Convention is the only text to address all aspects of childrens rights.The Convention comprises 54 articles that establish the body of all childrens civil and political rights, as well as their economic, social and cultural rights.It also advocates the protection and promotion of the rights of special needs children, of minority children and of refugee children.This Convention establishes 4 principles that mustgovern the implementation of all the rights it advocates: Non-discrimination Best interest of the child Right to life, survival and development Respect for the views of the childThe Convention was completed in 2000 with two Protocols and in 2011 with a thrid one: The optional Protocol regarding the involvement of children in armed conflicts. The optional Protocol regarding the sale of children, children prostitution and children pornography. Theoptional Protocolregarding the complaints procedure before the Committee on the Rights of the Child.A legally binding instrument endowed with a monitoring mechanismThe Convention advocates, in part II, that its implementation be monitored by a committee of experts. It is the Committee on the Rights of the Child which oversees that all participating States respect the Convention as well as the two additional Protocols.In India there is law that children under the age of 18 should not work, but there is no outright ban on child labor, and the practice is generally permitted in most industries except those deemed "hazardous". Although a law in October 2006 banned child labor in hotels, restaurants, and as domestic servants, there continues to be high demand for children as hired help in the home. Current estimates as to the number of child laborers in the country range from the government's conservative estimate of 12 million children under 13 years of age to the much higher estimates of children's rights activists, which hover around 60 million. Little is being done to address the problem since the economy is booming and the nuclear family is spreading, thereby increasing demand for child laborers. In India many people are still suffering from non-nutritious food, many parents are still leaving their children on riverside, in trains etc. Under the auspices of the Unicef financed Odisha initiative the Government of India is specifying the outline of a means of change and improvement in child care, and many trusts such as childLine, Plan India and savethechildren too are taking efforts to outdate child labour from India [22] A few of the organisations who work with children's rights in India are Plan India, CRY (Child Rights and You), Save the Children, Bal Vikas Dhara-New Delhi, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, CHORD-Hyderabad.