The right not to be enslaved is one of the two absolute human rights that cannot be violated on any ground whatsoever. However, 65 years after its denunciation, slavery continues to resist the corpus of human rights. Why the asymmetry ?
It was only in 1990 that one of twentieth century India’s finest minds, principal author of its constitution and campaigner against caste oppression, B.R. Ambedkar, was conferred this honour, 34 years after his death.
For adivasis in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, economic exploitation and social degradation go hand in hand. This interview with Madhuri Krishnaswamy of JADS, an adivasi organisation, reveals routine police protection of entrenched power hierarchies – and the political confidence foun
Is it not contradictory that Modi stands exonerated of any role in the pogrom of over 3,000 Muslims in Gujarat whose Chief Minister he was, whereas even the construction of a toilet or fixing of a lamppost is squarely attributed to Modi’s personal achievement in the area of development?
New technologies have the capacity to both emancipate and control individuals and their choices. Our pre-occupation should then concern the intrinsic moral values of users and their commitment to democratic citizenship and human rights.
A new group of secular intellectuals in India argues that the BJP’s real attitude towards women is based on a fascist communally-based politics in which women are seen not as individuals with rights, but as bearers of their community’s honour, to be protected or raped, depending who they are.
So where has the growth gone; who is it for? Who has benefited from the ‘economic miracle’? The middle class have become rich; the rich have become super rich: the super rich stellar rich.
One of the country’s most informed human rights experts explains how India blocks foreign funding for rights work it doesn’t like. Philanthropists avoid supporting work that will anger the state so the only organizations able to tackle the most sensitive rights issues are those funded by small con
يوضح أحد أكثر الخبراء علماً في حقوق الإنسان في البلد كيف أن الهند تسد الطريق أمام التمويل الأجنبي لأعمال الحقوق التي لا ترغب بها. ويتجنب المحسنين دعم الأعمال التي تقوم بإغضاب الدولة وبالتالي فإن المنظمات الوحيدة القادرة على معالجة مشكلة قضايا الحقوق الأكثر حساسية هي تلك التي يتم تمويلها بتبرعات بس
देश के सबसे जानकार मानव अधिकारों के विशेषज्ञों में से एक समझाते हैं कि उन मानवाधिकारों के कार्यों के लिए भारत किस तरह विदेशी अनुदान में रुकावट डालता है जिन्हें वह पसंद नहीं करता है। जनहितैषी उन कार्यों का समर्थन करने से बचते हैं जो सरकार को क्रोधित कर सकते हैं और इस कारणवश सबसे संवेदनशील मानवाधिका
Uno de los expertos en derechos humanos más informados del país explica la manera en que la India bloquea el financiamiento proveniente del extranjero para los esfuerzos de derechos humanos que no le agradan. Los filántropos evitan apoyar los esfuerzos que provocarán la ira del Estado, así que las
En ileri insan hakları algılaması anketlerini kullanan yazarlar, Meksika, Fas ve Hindistan gibi ülkelerdeki toplumsal sınıflar ile ülke içerisindeki insan hakları arasındaki ilişkileri araştırmaktadırlar. Elde etmiş oldukları sonuçlar ışığında toplumdaki seçkin sınıfın, insan hakları temsilcilikle
