This compendium of 18 papers attempts to critically evaluate the problems that plague the present day polity and society, and suggest remedies through the concept of human rights in its different dimensions. Tracing the genesis of human rights in India, it presents a human rights perspective on the freedom movement. Going deep into the Indian psyche towards human rights, the contributors discuss at length the place of human rights in dharma, protection of human right to environment, economic rights, human rights angle of public prosecution, protection of human rights in the administration of criminal justice, right to compensation, trafficking of girls, and impact of globalisation on human rights. The book will be of great use for the legal practitioners, policy makers, scholars and students of different disciplines of law.

This compendium of 18 papers attempts to critically evaluate the problems that plague the present day polity and society, and suggest remedies through the concept of human rights in its different dimensions. Tracing the genesis of human rights in India, it presents a human rights perspective on the freedom movement. Going deep into the Indian psyche towards human rights, the contributors discuss at length the place of human rights in dharma, protection of human right to environment, economic rights, human rights angle of public prosecution, protection of human rights in the administration of criminal justice, right to compensation, trafficking of girls, and impact of globalisation on human rights. The book will be of great use for the legal practitioners, policy makers, scholars and students of different disciplines of law.