Introducing Human Rights: An Overview Including Issues of Gender Justice, Environmental, and Consumer Law

Introducing Human Rights is a primer for understanding what human, rights are, why we require them, and why their violation threatens our basic existence as human beings. Based on the requirement of the B.A. (Foundation) course in Human Rights, Gender, and Environment, the book is divided into 15 thematic chapters including: Definitions and Classification of Human Rights, Human Rights and the Constitution of India, Indian and International Monitoring Bodies, The Human Rights Movement in India, The Criminal Procedure Code, Consumer Rights and Violence against Women, Environmental Law. The chapters highlight the relevance of these issues in Indian and international law and the basic legal framework within which human rights operate. Comprehensive in coverage and essential for classroom learning and analysis, the volume also teaches students about: What to do when human rights are violated, Mechanisms of redress and their use. Written in an informed, interesting, and easily accessible manner, this book will also appeal to journalists, activists, scholars, lawyers, and lay readers.