Dr. Amruta K. Deshmukh is a Mumbai based academician and researcher. She has a bright academic record to her credit. She is basically a Political Scientist with a post-graduate degree in International Relations. She also has a post-graduate degree in education Further she has proceeded to complete her doctor studies in International Law and Human Rights. Currently Dr. Deshmukh is a lecturer in Political Science in Chetana College, Mumbai. She is also engaged in the teaching of a Human Rights course at the post-graduate level in the University of Mumbai. She is closely associated with student activities, higher education and advanced studies. She has undertaken post-graduate research projects and also presented research papers. Her major research work is directly focused on the promotion and protection of Human Rights by the United Nations. She has conducted intensive and extensive research on the United Nations documents and matters related thereof. On the basis of her meritorious research work, she is the recipient of a special grant from the Indian Council of Social Sciences Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, India, for the publications of this book, which is a transformation of her doctoral dissertation. She is a deeply concerned about humanitarian law and actively engaged in the Advocacy of Child Rights.