New Horizons of Human Rights in India

The evolutions of human rights have taken place over centuries. The term ‘human right’ was associated with the inception of human civilization. The origin of human rights may be traced to the theory of Natural Rights derived from the concept of Natural Law, as propounded by ancient Greek Stoic Philosophers and further developed by Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. The twentieth century witnessed the crystallization of the philosophy of Human Rights when the United Nations adopted the UN Charter, 1945, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 and the International Covenants on Human Rights with further emphasis to protection of rights of Women, Abolition of Slavery, Racial Discrimination, Civil and Political Rights, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and most importantly the Rights of children. Human beings are born equal in dignity and rights. These are moral claims which are inalienable and inherent in all individuals by virtue of their humanity alone, irrespective of caste, colour, creed, and place of birth, sex, cultural difference or any other consideration. Despite of the fact that, human rights are inalienable and universal, the violation of human rights are rampant across the globe. The range of these violations includes women, children, disabled, transgenders, LGBTQ, refugees, minorities, schedule caste & tribes etc. Looking into these violations, there is a need to address these issues through new dynamics. This book is an attempt to address the most grievous issues of human rights. The chapters contained in this book are dedicated to the sensitive topics and most possible solutions to such problems. This book contains various important human rights issues like human rights & refugees, human rights & terrorism, human rights and intellectual property rights, human rights and protection of domestic help, human rights and protection of bonded Laboure’s and human rights and protection of women, human rights and business, human rights and use of AI, human rights and transgenders, role of Indian judiciary for human rights etc. The way these chapters have been written and analyzed will led the understanding of such human rights issue with a practical approach by the readers. Since, human rights are universal issues we, do hope that the book will definitely be very useful for the students of law, advocates, judges and students of other social science branches. This book will bring a new dimension of human rights approach for the readers and make their thoughts more human rights oriented.