Human Rights for Survival of Civilization
Contents: Preface. 1. Child labour-a threat to survival of civilization. 2. A child's right to education; a path way to peace and human rights. 3. Right to peace and human rights of children with special reference to wars and armed conflicts. 4. Human rights of women in India and international standards. 5. Empowering women by safeguarding their human rights; international standards and Indian law. 6. Human rights of Dalits & untouchables. 7. Globalisation of terrorism and need to protect Civil Society for survival of civilization. 8. Human rights and mass media. Appendices: 1. The international bill of rights. 2. Declaration by the Government of India. 3. Declaration of the rights of the child. 4. Convention on the rights of the child. 5. Convention against discrimination in education. 6. Protocol regarding the convention against discrimination in education. 7. UN Declaration on elimination of discrimination of women. 8. Convention on elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. 9. Convention on the political rights of women. 10. Convention on consent to marriage, minimum age for marriage and registration of marriages. 11. Convention on the nationality of married women. Index.
"Since the United Nations charter in 1945, lifted the question of human rights from the exclusive domain of the state to a subject of international concern, 'Human Rights' the very word has become a buzz word of common parlance. In the wake of adoption of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) it has become the focal point of all conversations policies and programmes at the individual, societal, national and international levels.
"The present book tries to look into the question of Human Rights from the perspective of human rights as a precondition for survival of civilization. Today world, facing the problems of ever increasing weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD's) terrorism and armed conflicts has reached the verge of extinction by becoming an innocent victim of war and violence. This situation can only be over come by making sincere and serious efforts to protect not only the human rights but by immediately starting to build a culture of peace and harmony." (jacket)
