The concept of human rights has deep bearing on individual’s dignity, peaceful and honourable living. It is indeed the strong human urge to attain its fundamental rights and for this, constitutional and revolutionary methods have been in operation since long time. There are several national and international leaders; socio-economic, political and cultural agencies which are struggling hard to get through acts and statutes for the upliftment of weaker sections of the global society. The role of UNO, UNESCO and other bodies may be laudable in this context. The task in fact is unending. But the efforts to achieve the desired goal have been weaved into well-knit 10 chapter in two volumes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chandrachur Singh
Chandrachur Singh teaches Political Science at Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi. His interest area is ‘Philosophy and the Environmental Movement.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR D.N. Gupta
Mr. D.N. Gupta joined Indian administrative Service (IAS) in 1989. For the last decade and a half, he has been closely associated with development planning, and management of implementation of social and rural development programmes. He has worked in various capacities in the state of Orissa. He has held posts of Sub-collector, Malkangiri sub-division; Project Director, Tribal Development Project, Koraput; Managing director, Orissa Textiles Mills, Cuttack; District Collector, Sonepur district; and Joint Secretary, Department of Welfare, Govt. of Orissa. He was Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India. He has extensively worked in the field of watershed development, participatory planning, and training. His specialization is in the field of micro-planning, project design and management of programmes. Besides, his areas of interest pertain to development administration, governance and decentralization. Presently, he is working as Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences (ISS), New Delhi.
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