Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Rights on Feb 25th, 2007
Primo Levi, the Auschwitz survivor wrote in ‘The Drowned and the Saved”; “And there is another, vaster shame, the shame of the world. … And yet there are those who, faced by the crime of others or their own, turn their backs so as not to see it and not feel touched by it … [...]
Posted in Constitution, Rights on Feb 23rd, 2007
A lot of doubt has arisen on the nature of the right to food. While the petition of PUCL is still being decided by the Court, interim orders have been passed to secure the right to food for children and other people. But then, in what sense are we construing the nature of this right? [...]
Posted in Rights on Feb 23rd, 2007
A lot of doubt has arisen on the nature of the right to food. While the petition of PUCL is still being decided by the Court, interim orders have been passed to secure the right to food for children and other people. But then, in what sense are we construing the nature of this right? [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Rights on Feb 22nd, 2007
Below is a motion of the European Parliament. It is revolutionary in the sense that it is obliging India to do something that its not done in the past many years. This resolution also comes forth in light of the Indian review of the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) which takes place [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 22nd, 2007
Below is a motion of the European Parliament. It is revolutionary in the sense that it is obliging India to do something that its not done in the past many years. This resolution also comes forth in light of the Indian review of the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) which takes place [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Rights on Feb 21st, 2007
Taken from Human Rights Watch India has systematically failed to uphold its international legal obligations to ensure the fundamental human rights of Dalits, or so-called untouchables, despite laws and policies against caste discrimination, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. More than 165 [...]