Human Rights

The concept of "Human Rights" is as ancient as human civilization. The history of mankind is marked by efforts to ensure respect for the dignity of human beings. Human rights are simply defined as the rights which every human being is entitled to enjoy and to have protected. The struggle for the recognition of human rights and the struggle against political, economic, social and cultural oppression, against injustice and inequalities, have been an integral part of the history of all human societies. This compilation has been worked out with a view to making major human rights documents accessible to the large body of personnel involved in various sectors of education—policy formulation, curriculum development, classroom and out-of-class teaching-learning activities—to enrich the human rights education programme as the basis for promoting awareness of current issues and controversies relating to human rights. The present book will be useful to all those who are interested in promoting human rights and human rights education.