Old age is an indispensable stage of life of a human being which a man cannot avoide except untimely death. The childhood and old age are the different stages of life where children depend on parents and vise-versa. The traditional value system develops respect for old age person. The old age person plays vital role in the family as they gives their advice and guidance on every aspect of the family. Now a day these values are fast eroding. The disintegration of joint family system has resulted not only in the separation of families but also in the severance of family ties. The conditions of old age people are misreable moerover children perceive them as burden of the family. Care and protection of parents are totally ignored and they are denied basic amenities of life. Their social, economic and health securities are threatened affecting their right to live with dignity guranteed under human rights law. The paper explores and examines international and national legal endeavors to protect the rights of oldage person in India.