Human rights : fifty years of India's independence

Human rights : fifty years of India's independence - New Delhi : Gyan Pub. House, 1999 - 304 p. ; 22 cm

Part I Introduction / K.P. Saksena 1. Fifty years of independence: some observation / K.C. Pant 2. Human rights in India: a balance sheet / M.N. Venkatachaliah. Part II 3. Rights of the child / Ranganath Misra 4. Wrong and rights of the child / R.M. Pal 5. Right to education / Joseph Gathia 6. Recent Supreme Court judgments on child labour: a critique / K.P. Saksena 7. Childrens rights in India / Pritam Arora 8. Role of media / Regina Mulay Parakh. Part III 9. Undertrials: their rights and reality / Rajinder Sachar 10. Indian prisons: a survey / Sankar Sen. Part IV 11. National Human Rights Commission: an assessment of its functioning / G.S. Bhargava 12. National Human Rights Commission: a view from Peoples Front / Y.P. Chhibbar. Part V 13. Human rights: an overview / V.M. Tarkunde 14. Fundamental rights and the reality / Shanti Sadiq Ali 15. State of economic and social rights / N.R. Madhava Menon 16. Role of institutions of higher education / K.P. Saksena 17. Human rights in India: a survey / V.S. Mani 18. Human rights and globalisation / K.P. Saksena. Appendices (i) Excerpts from the Constitution of India (ii) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (iii) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (iv) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (v) Convention on the Rights of the Child (vi) Status of international human rights instruments, ratifications, accessions etc.

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Human rights
Civil rights
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.

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