An overview of the UN Proposal defining CSR for human rights [Anuradha Mohanty]
In order to fill the much-needed gap of binding international instrument in the realm of impact of corporate activity on human rights, John Ruggie, a Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprise, completed a report on 1st May 2008 in the form of a UN Proposal.
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CEDAW and rights at work [T Bharat Ratna]
The Convention in Article 3 requires that “States Parties shall take in all fields, in particular in the political, social, economic and cultural fields, all appropriate measures, including legislation, to ensure the full development and advancement of women, for the purpose of guaranteeing them the exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms on a basis of equality with men.” T Bharat Ratna writes on the successes and failures of the Convention.
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Law and reality in occupied Tibet [Tarini Mehta]
Torture is still used in prisons and labour camps, even though in 1988 China ratified the UN Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. In November 2005 the United Nations Special Reporter on torture visited China and Tibet and confirmed that torture was still very widespread, leading to a “culture of fear”.
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Critique of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 [Aastha Suman]
The researcher visited the government children’s home for boys under the CWC in Bangalore to study the implementation of the JJA.
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Conserving groundwater resources - need for effective laws [Anand Shankar Jha and Rishi Thakur]
The recent judicial pronouncements have clearly stated that deep underground water is the property of the State under the doctrine of Public Trust. The holder of land has only a user right towards the drawing of water in tube wells.
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Should restrictions be imposed on fundamental rights during an emergency? [Apoorva Paranjpe]
The language of rights dominates political debate around the world. This debate is not so much concerned with whether citizens have some moral rights against the government, as it does about the nature of such rights, whether these rights are absolute or may be derogated from.
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A brief note on the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [Chitwan Prabhakar]
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Patenting seeds and the Indian farmer [Tabasum Wani]
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Towards a rights based system of fisheries managment [Aju John]
Focus on the governance of fisheries has increased during recent decades because of the growing realization that fish stocks in different parts of the world were being increasingly harvested beyond their optimal level and the fishery sector was in economic and social difficulty. The need for limiting the harvesting of fish and thus end open access in fisheries became widely recognized.
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A ''constitution'' in search of its limits: The gradually expanding reach of the European Convention of Human Rights [Rick Lawson]
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The right to privacy: Tracing the judicial approach following the Kharak Singh case [Namit Oberoi]
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Unveiling compensatory jurisprudence [Vasudha Tamrakar, Garima Tiwari]
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Custodial crimes - a critical analysis [K. Anup Koushik]
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Report of the Professor M.S. Swaminathan Committee on the Review of the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991 []
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Examining the need for green benches [Elan Chezhiyan]
A medical practitioner is often entrusted with the great responsibility of being a medical jurist. Sometimes, his may be the only reliable evidence on which the liberty or life of an individual depends. Similarly, an environmental expert’s evidence can affect the lives and livelihoods of present and future generations.
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