Human Rights : Concepts and Context

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. History of human rights. 3. Issues in human rights. 4. Human rights in India. Index.

Human rights are rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled. Proponents of the concept usually assert that everyone is endowed with certain entitlements merely by reason of being human. Human rights are thus conceived in a universalist and egalitarian fashion. Such entitlements can exist as shared norms of actual human moralities, as justified moral norms or natural rights supported by strong reasons, or as legal rights either at a national level or within international law.

However, there is no consensus as to the precise nature of what in particular should or should not be regarded as a human right in any of the preceding senses, the abstract concept of human rights has been a subject of intense philosophical debate and criticism. Present book makes an elaborate discussion on each and every aspect of human rights in a lucid manner so that the readers may be able to easily grasp the whole concepts and conventions on human rights.

The book is immensely useful to teachers, students, scholars, social workers as well as human rights activists.