Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs

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Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans, according to natural law. Such rights are necessary for freedom and the maintenance of a reasonable quality of life. Violation of human rights is a heinous crime against society hence a grave problem which concern the entire human race. Every day we are hearing numberless cases of human rights violations form various parts of the world. Even though there are international and regional legal measures to protect fundamental rights of human beings, the issues of human rights violations are increasing day-by-day. The present volume comprehensively analysis some of the gross human rights issues faced by humanity including violations of the rights of children, women, refugees, prisoners and HIV-affected people. The issues of racial hatred, torture, economic, social and cultural rights issues are also covered. It also highlights the role of United Nations and other human rights bodies in protecting and promoting human rights. Policy makers, human rights activists, researchers and all who related with human rights and humanitarian affairs will find this work of utmost use.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.K. Goyal

Pawan Kumar Goyal, (b. 2nd August, 1938) did is BA (Hons) from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He did his Post Graduate Diploma in Library Science from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He also acquired Export Management Certificate from Indian Institute of foreign Trade, New Delhi. He was commissioned into Indian Army from OTS Madras on 14 February, 1965. In 1971 Indo-Pak war, he was Field Cashier and handled a very large amount of cash during war. He also handled ammunition during Indo-Pak war. He gained Operational field experience in Eastern and Western Command and worked in insurgency prone areas of Nagaland and Jammu and Kashmir. He was promoted to full Colonel Rank. He retired from army on 30 August, 1990. After retirement he joined Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar, as Administrator, and served there for more than thirteen years. He has expertise in field of Man and Material Management, General Administration, Accounts, Logistics, Analysis of Intelligence and Management of Security. Besides being an avid bibliophile, he has many interests and contributes papers and articles on various issues regularly.