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Introducing Human Rights is a primer for understanding what human rights are, why we require them, and why their violation threatens our basic existence as human beings. Based on the requirement of the B.A. (Foundation) Course in Human Rights, Gender and Environment, the book is divided into 15 thematic chapters including: • Definitions and Classifications of Human Rights • Human Rights and the Constitution of India • India and International Monitoring Bodies • The Human Rights Movements in India • The Criminal Procedure Code • Consumer Rights and Violence against Women • Environmental Law The chapters highlight the relevance of these issues in Indian and international law and the basic legal framework within which human rights operate. Comprehensive in coverage and essential for classroom learning and analysis , the volume also teaches students about: • What to do when human rights are violated • Mechanisms of redress and their use

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (20 February 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195681479
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195681475
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 315 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.34 x 0.51 x 13.97 cm

by South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (Author)

This unique volume is a wide-ranging, yet exhaustive examination of human rights and humanitarian law in India as well as their interconnections with international law. Designed as a basic text for LLM and MA students pursuing courses in human rights and related subjects, including criminology and legal administration, it has been developed using the UGC course outline. Thematically organized and lucid, this book provides extremely useful reference material for human rights law practitioners and judges, and also for police and other government officials undergoing training on human rights issues in relation to their work. The topics covered include: the Indian constitutional framework relating to human rights India's obligations under international law the criminal justice system environmental protection and development issues the debate about human rights and cultural rights regional associations and human rights international humanitarian and refugee law The methodology adopted in the book integrates the theoretical and practical aspects of learning. Every chapter includes cross-references and a list of recommended reading, case law wherever relevant, and web-based citations for easy research.

 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Edition (30 November 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195692128
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195692129
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 748 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.6 x 2.2 x 23.9 cm
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
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by A.G. Noorani (Author), South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (Author)

This volume consisting of nine essays thoroughly examines the status of civil rights guarantees as enshrined in the Constitution of India. Discussing the contemporary social and political issues, and their handling by the state, it foregrounds different challenges faced by the civil rights framework in India. The essays elaborately analyse civil and criminal justice system, and cover topics, such as the death penalty, counter-terrorism activities, anti conversion laws, and freedom of speech. The work also brings out the complex relationship between curtailment of democratic tools of protest and enjoyment of civil rights,

Review

The commentary is lucid, the style accessible, and the breadth of coverage admirable. ― Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association

About the Author

A.G. Noorani is Advocate, Supreme Court of India and independent scholar and commentator on constitutional law issues. SAHRDC is Secretariat of the Asia Pacific Human Rights Network.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP India (13 October 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 019807414X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198074144
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 481 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 22.1 x 2.54 x 14.99 cm
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India

This critically acclaimed handbook is an in-depth study of human rights and criminal justice, in particular the Criminal Procedure Code, in India. The new edition, with an additional chapter on recent changes in the criminal justice system, reviews contemporary developments in this area. A practical guide to the criminal justice system, the book: discusses rights of citizens and non-citizens relating to arrest and detention classifies and explains offences under the Indian Penal Code explains the rules followed by police and courts in criminal complaints discusses implications of errors and omissions during investigation and trial highlights important cases relating to implementation of the Code

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XXXXX Title:- Challenges to Civil Rights Guarantees in India
About the book:- This volume by A.G. Noorani and SAHRDC thoroughly examines the status of civil rights guarantees as enshrined in the Constitution of India. Discussing the contemporary social and political issues, and their handling by the state, it foregrounds different challenges faced by the civil rights framework in India. The nine essays elaborately analyse civil and criminal justice system, and cover topics, such as the death penalty, counter-terrorism activities, anti conversion laws, and freedom of speech. The work also brings out the complex relationship between curtailment of democratic tools of protest and enjoyment of civil rights, Keeping in view recent international and national developments, the book focuses upon the threat faced by the civil rights regime from the state authorities. Further, this volume provides an overview of available national and international legal material on important contemporary issues in India. This timely and seminal work will not only be invaluable to the teachers, scholars, and students of law, but also appeal to general readers. The essays include:

- Preventative Detention
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Counter-terrorism and Human Rights
- The Death Penalty in India
- Narcoanalysis
- Undertrials and Videoconferencing
- Acts of Bad Faith: Anti-conversion Laws
- Impunity
- Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act: Urgency of Review

Publisher:- Oxford University Press
Publication date:-  January 2012
Price (India):- Rs 695

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XXXXX Title:- Human Rights and Humanitarian Law:Developments in Indian and International Law
About the book:- Designed as a basic text for MA and LLM students pursuing courses in human rights and related courses, including criminology and legal administration, this book has been developed using the UGC course outline. Divided into eight chapters, it covers a wide range of topics including

- the philosophy of human rights
- theories of rights and freedom and their implications
- the Indian constitutional framework relating to human rights
- the interrelationship of domestic law and India’s obligations under international law
- the criminal justice system
- the debate about human rights and cultural rights
- regional associations and human rights
- environmental protection and development issues
- international humanitarian and refugee law
The methodology adopted in the book aims to integrate the theoretical and practical aspects of learning. Every chapter includes
- cross-references and a list of recommended reading
- case law wherever relevant

Apart from advanced level law students, this volume will be of interest also to scholars and students of international relations and politics, media personnel, and professionals in the fields of law and criminal justice.

Publisher:- Oxford University Press
Publication date:-  2007

XXXXX Title:- The National Security Act of 1980: Time to end the abuses
About the book:- Since the early days of British colonial rule, India has lived under a series of draconian preventive detention laws. Currently, the National Security Act of 1980 (NSA) is the broadest and most widely abused of these laws. SAHRDC recognizes that India faces a number of external and domestic threats to its security and that narrowly tailored and ethically applied preventive detention laws can be effective ways to counter such threats.  However, preventive detention as it is used and abused under tha National Security Act violates a number of fundamental human rights norms provided under the Indian Constitution and international human rights law. SAHRDC examines the National Security Act, abuses under the Act and makes appropriate recommendations.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- May 2000
Page:- 68p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.130.00
Price (International):-US $4.00

XXXXX Title:- The Sri Lanka Refugee Conundrum
About the book:- Since 1983, Sri Lanka's civil war has claimed the lives of over 40,000 people, more than one million people have been internally displaced by the conflict between the Government and the LTTE and over 200,000 have fled to India since the early 1990s. This report examines the condition of (1) the Tamil Refugees in Indian State of Tamil Nadu, (2) Internally Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka and (3) Asylum and Migration of the Tamils.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- August 1999
Page:- 63p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.130.00
Price (International):-US $4.00

XXXXX Title:- Special Powers Act, 1974: Big Brother Exercises the Big Stick in Bangladesh
About the book:- The use of preventive detention laws in Bangladesh has a history longer than that of the Republic itself. From its inception, the Special Powers Act  has been used as a tool by military administrators and allegedly democratic leaders to silence political dissent. The preventive detention as it is used and abused under the Special Powers Act violates a number of fundamental human rights norms provided under the Bangladesh Constitution and International human rights law. This report examines the Special Powers Act, 1974, abuses under the Act and makes appropriate recommendations.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- May 2000
Page:- 46p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.120.00
Price (International):-US $3.00

XXXXX Title:- Sri Lanka's Emergency Law or State-Sponsored Terrorism
About the book:- The state-sponsored tyranny that has resulted from the current state of emergency in Sri Lanka is attributed to the country's draconian anti-terrorist legislation. This report highlights pertinent provisions of Sri Lankan legislation, namely the Public Security Ordinance, the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and the Emergency Regulations, which have contributed to the horrendous decline of human rights. A legal analysis under domestic law and international human rights standard is presented at the end by providing examples of misuse of the Emergency Regulations in Sri Lanka.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- April 2001
Page:- 48p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.120.00
Price (International):-US $3.00

XXXXX Title:- The Establishment of the Permanent Forum: the Possible Positions of the Indigenous Peoples
About the book:- This study has been undertaken with a view to developing "possible indigenous positions" on all the issues pertaining to the establishment of the Permanent Forum. It should be read as a supplement to the "Report of the consultations held by the Chairman/Repporteur". It attempts to show the possible options for negotiations in February 2000 in order to enable the Adhoc Working Group to reach a consensus on the establishment of the Permanent Forum.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- December 1999
Page:- 36p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.120.00
Price (International):-US $3.00

XXXXX Title:- Racial Discrimination: The Record of Sri Lanka
About the book:- Sri Lanka’s ethnic war is one of the starkest illustrations of the consequences of a state policy that legitimises discrimination. The deliberate and systematic exclusion of the Tamil community has been largely responsible for the prolonged and tortuous conflict that shows no sign of abating. This report looks at the effects of these policies and examines how the Sri Lankan governmentâ™s policies continue to violate the Constitution as well as several international human rights instruments.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- September 2001
ISBN:- 81-87379-09-X
Page:- 64p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.135.00
Price (International):- US $ 5.00

XXXXX Title:- Racial Discrimination: The Record of Pakistan
About the book:- Pakistan remains one of the most glaring examples of racial discrimination in the world. A signatory to the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the country has shown little commitment to improving the lives of its ethnic and religious minorities. This report describes the discriminatory treatment endured by both types of minorities.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- September 2001
ISBN:- 81-87379-14-6
Page:- 40p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs. 125.00
Price (International):- US $ 4.00

XXXXX Title:- Racial Discrimination: The Record of Bhutan
About the book:- Ethnically plural Bhutan undertook a series of racist measures against the country’s ethnic Nepali population in 1980. It sought to revive the ‘Bhutanese way of life’ followed by the majority Drukpas. To this end, restrictions were imposed on dress, language and religion. These were later followed by a crackdown on Nepali protests leading to the flight of nearly 90,000 Nepalese to Nepal who Bhutan refuses to take back. The ethnic Sarchop community has also been the target of discriminatory policies. This report details the repressive policies of the Bhutanese government and also examines the process and possibilities of the repatriation of the ethnic Nepalis.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- September 2001
ISBN:- 81-87379-12-X
Page:- 76p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs. 150.00
Price (International):- US $ 5.00

XXXXX Title:- Preventive Detention and Individual Liberty
About the book:- SAHRDC's submission to the National Commission for the Review of the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) of India. Preventive detention runs counter to fundamental freedoms such as the right to personal liberty. SAHRDC submission to the National Commission for the Review of the Working of the Constitution recommends the removal of Constitutional provisions allowing preventive detention in keeping with the spirit of the Constitution and international human rights standards. In the event that the provisions are retained, it must be ensured that they are enacted solely as emergency legislation and that additional safeguards are introduced to protect the rights of detainees.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- November 2000
ISBN:- 81-87379-03-0
Page:- 41p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.150.00
Price (International):- US $ 4

XXXXX Titlle:- Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance 2001: Government Decides to Play Judge and Jury
About the book:- The newest ‘anti-terror’ legislation sought to be introduced by the government of India targets those who allegedly support or abet ‘terrorism’ or benefit from its proceeds. The new law, if and when it is passed, however promises to be yet another attempt to subvert the normal process of the law and suppress fundamental liberties. It is also more likely to be used against minorities and political opponents. POTO, much like the now defunct TADA, threatens the very foundation of public order and national security that it aims to protect. SAHRDC suggests that the Ordinance must be invested with additional safeguards, or better still, done away with completely.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- November 2001
ISBN:- 81-87379-15-4
Page:- 148p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.180.00
Price (International):- US $ 6.00

XXXXX Title:- Knitting the Multi-Coloured Cloak of Asia: Recognising and Eradicating Racism and Discrimination
About the book:- This report is SAHRDC’s response to the Provisional Draft Declaration of Governments prepared prior to the Asian Regional Inter-Governmental Preparatory Conference for the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR) held in August-September 2001. The publication highlights the key issues relating to racism in Asia and recommends an action-oriented programme towards its eradication.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- February 2001
ISBN:- 81-87379-07-3
Page:- 56p.
Size: 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.120.00
Price (International):- US $ 4.00

XXXXX Title:- Judgement Reserved: The Case of the National Human Rights Commission of India
About the book:- The National Human Rights Commission of India is the supreme and independent body for providing human rights protection in India. Since its inception in 1993, the commission is underrated for providing quality services. While the Government of India was at fault for not complying with the recommendations made by NHRC on various occasions, the Commission was also responsible for not supporting its strong words with action. This report is the first of its kind covering all aspects of NHRC's institutional development. It examines the instances of human rights abuses and preventive steps taken by the Commission. It also takes a brief note of the whereabouts of the implementation of the recommendations made by Kerala High Court, McKinsey & Company, Inc. and Staff Inspection Unit. Making a comprehensive assessment of the working of the NHRC, this report provides several recommendations aimed at reducing NHRC's caseload and improving its efficiency. The recommendations are both procedural and substantive in nature. Finally, it provides practical solutions to the problems faced by the Commission and recommends many other programs of action to be taken for providing anticipated protection against human rights violations.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- September 2001
ISBN:- 81-87379-06-5
Page:- 144p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.170.00
Price (International):- US $ 5.00

XXXXX Title:- Eliminating Sovereign and Official Immunity In Fundamental Human Rights Cases
About the book:- SAHRDC's submission paper to the National Commission for the Review of the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) of India. The Constitution of India allows for the immunisation of public officials and government institutions in cases of human rights violations. This is contrary to the prevailing international legal standards. Official immunity protects government personnel from criminal prosecution or civil suits even if they commit serious human rights abuses, while sovereign immunity prevents all government organs and institutions from being sued for damages for human rights violations committed by their officials. SAHRDC makes a case for the reform of this section of the Constitution to prevent official or sovereign immunity from infringing on fundamental rights guarantees.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:-  January 2001
ISBN:- 81-87379-05-7
Page:-  34p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.115.00
Price (International):- US $ 4.00

XXXXX Title:- The Bhutanese Political Crisis and Refugee Problem
About the book:- This book is the review of the human rights record in Bhutan, especially in light of an on-going settlement policy in Southern Bhutan, and the future of over 93,000 Lhotsampa refugees (Southern Bhutanese of Nepali origin) who now live in camps in South-eastern Nepal after being expelled from their country.

Publisher:- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publication date:- October 1998
ISBN:- 81-87379-00-6
Page:- 185p.
Size:- 8.5" X 5.5"
Price (India):- Rs.330.00
Price (International):- US $11.00

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