Human Rights : Many Sides to a Coin

Contents: Preface. I. Human rights: the genesis: 1. Human rights: conceptualization and philosophy. 2. Human rights: foundations and genesis. II. Human rights and weaker sections: 3. Human rights and women. 4. Human rights and children. III. Human rights and backward classes: 5. Human rights and Dalits. 6. Human rights and tribal: special reference to language and education. 7. Human rights and minorities. IV. Human right and marginalized people: 8. Human rights and prisoners. 9. AIDS patients and human rights. V. Human rights and special classes: 10. Refugees and human rights. 11. War victims and human rights. VI. Human rights violations: 12. Human rights violations: a case study of sexual harassment. 13. Human rights violations: a case study of tribes under the colonial rule. 14. Human rights violations and the role of media. VII. Regulation and enforcement of Human Rights: 15. Constitutional measures for the enforcement of human rights. 16. Regulation and enforcement of human rights: problems, practices and perspectives. Appendices. Index.

"Human Rights are the core principles in light of which mankind take their life further. Human rights are natural and intrinsic and no one has any right to take them away. On the contrary everyone has a right to see them protected. On the other hand everyone including the state is obligated to respect and protect the human rights of each other. In this background the present book attempts to give the reader a comprehensive but nutshell idea about the genesis of human rights, various dimensions and kinds of human rights, repercussions and recourses of human rights violation, mechanisms, and means of enforcement of human rights. The idea is to enrich the knowledge of the reader with the basic knowledge on human rights including its various dimensions. Emphasis has also been laid on human rights violations and enforcement. The book speaks on the philosophy, foundations and genesis of human rights. It discusses the various dimensions of human rights including human rights of weaker sections, backward classes, marginalized people, and special classes. It contains certain case studies on human rights violations with notes on possible remedial actions. It highlights the constitutional measures and legal mechanism in the regulation and enforcement of human rights." (jacket)