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This remarkable book “Human Rights and the Law” is a comprehensive study of human rights and a multi-dimensional examination of the contemporary state of human rights in India the unsolved issues and the challenges ahead. This book gives an analytical and functional glimpse of human rights in action along with the analysis of various constitutional provisions, judicial interpretations and the developed conventions. Special emphasis has been laid on defining Indian laws and practices protecting of human rights. The author by keeping in view the growing significance and popularity of the human rights in today’s world, have endeavoured to bring home a book on this subject.

This book has seven chapters and presents sincerely and indepth discussion on the subject. This work has been designed in these seven chapters as : Jurisprudence of Human Rights, Universal Protection of Human Rights, constitutional Mechanism for enforcement of human rights in India, statutory mechanism for enforcement of human rights, Judiciary trends about protection of human rights, human rights of specially disadvantaged and vulnerable sections of society, human rights activism and non Governmental organizations. In the annexures I have included the text of the constitution of India, 1950, The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (prevention of atrocities) Act, 1989. The National Commission for Women act, 1990, national Commission for minorities act, 1992, the protection of human rights act, 1993, the persons with disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation act, 1995, and the text of the universal declaration of human rights 1948, the covenant on economic, social and cultural rights 1966, covenant on Civil and political rights, 1966.

This book is important for all human beings and each chapter of this book provides a background of topic, its national and international relevance and the basic legal framework within which rights operate.