The rights of the child are human rights and they have to be respected. In addition to the basic human rights and liberties, there are special rights specified for children. The children are entitled to them due to their immaturity and vulnerability. This isprecisely why achild has to be protected appropriately against all forms of exploitation. Therefore, special protection and care are dedicated to children.Childhood is the period of growing up, learning and play, and the adults are the ones who have to take care of the child's better future.The rights of the child are settled with several international documents: Declaration of Children's Rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, European Convention on the exercise of children's rights. Despite so extensive regulation there are still violations of the rights of the child in the framework of the family, governmental institutions and organizations, and in the circle of their peer. In such cases the government has the jurisdiction to intervene into such circumstances and sanction the offenders. In addition to the government, there is a series of nongovernmental organizations which follow the implementation of the rights of the child and offer help in case of violation of their rights.

Otrokove pravice so človekove pravice in jih je potrebno spoštovati. Poleg temeljnih človekovih pravic in svoboščin so za otroke določene še posebne, specialne pravice, ki jih otroci uživajo zaradi svoje nedoraslosti in ranljivosti. Prav zaradi tega je otroka potrebno primerno zaščititi pred vsemi oblikami izkoriščanja, zato je otrokom namenjeno posebno varstvo in skrb.Doba otroštva je doba odraščanja, učenja in igre in odrasli so tisti, ki morajo poskrbeti za otrokovo lepšo prihodnost.Otrokove pravice so urejene s številnimi mednarodnimi dokumenti: Deklaracija o otrokovih pravicah, Konvencija o otrokovih pravicah, Evropska konvencija o uresničevanju otrokovih pravic. Kljub tako široki ureditvi še vedno prihaja do kršitev otrokovih pravic v okviru družine, državnih institucij in organizacij ter v krogu njihovih vrstnikov. V takih primerih ima država pristojnost, da poseže v take razmere in kaznuje kršitelje. Poleg države obstaja še vrsta nevladnih organizacij, ki spremlja uresničevanje otrokovih pravic in otrokom nudi pomoč v primeru kršitev njihovih pravic.