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The book is analytical and examines various aspects of Human Rights. The articles in this volume have given due importance to the core areas of Human Rights - Child rights, Women rights, Role of NGOs in Protecting Human rights, Prisoners' rights, Rights of Labourers and Human Rights in India. This book is indispensable for students, scholars, NGOs, Journalists and policy makers.

Contents: 1. Women, work, exploitation and health status: a human rights perspective/S.S. Vijayachali. 2. Children at work in automobile workshops: a need for human rights strategies and intervention/E. Arumuga Gandhi. 3. Stigma and discrimination against women living with HIV/AIDS/C. Dhinesh Babu. 4. Judicial responsibility and human rights/T. Balaji. 5. Socio-economic conditions of child labour in hotel industry/P.S. Rajeshwari. 6. Violence against women in India - an analytical approach/G.P. Sudha. 7. Right to information : an international perspective/S. Prabakaran. 8. Protection against human rights violation of women: a global perspective/Suchitra Varma and K. Kottai Rajan. 9. Feminism in India: a quest for gender justice/Smarita Mishra. 10. The challenge of human rights and cultural diversity/P. Ramar. 11. Youth and human rights/S.D. Christopher Chandran and Haans J Freddy. 12. Human rights and prisoners of war/Nithya C. 13. Terrorism and human rights in present scenario/K. Saravanan and G. Krishnamoorthy. 14. Human rights of women's empowerment in the context of HIV and AIDS/A. Sumithira. 15. Status and rights of women in India: a critical analysis/K. Senthilvel and T. Ambika. 16. Human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir/Bashir Ahmad Sheikh and Subash Chandra Bose. 17. Women rights and the United Nations/S. Jameela. 18. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and human rights/D. Radhika. 19. Safeguards for women rights: a constitutional perspective/M. Michelraj. 20. Negative aspects of media: a threat to human rights - an overview/Irene Pearl, T. 21. Human rights violation against women in India/G. Gunaselvi. 22. Human rights violations against children- damaging the future/J. Ramesh Sundar and R. Vidya. 23. Human rights of children - an Indian scenario/S. Kalaivani and M. Nallakaman. 24. Human rights in prison management/A Badarudeen. 25. Constitutional provisions for the protection of human rights/P. Lakshmi and R. Mangayarkarasu. 26. Human rights violations of NRI laborers in UAE/D. Ramakrishnan. 27. Human rights among women through NGO: an overview/R. Ponnuram and T. Murugesan. 28. Human rights and minorities in legal aspects/Kalaichelvi Sivaraman. 29. Democratic India and human rights : issues and perspectives/K. Devandiran. 30. Protection of the right to education of a female child in rural India - a human rights perspective/V. Prabha Sivashankar and Ambedkar. 31. Children and human right's/K. Illakiya. 32. Religion and human rights - a case study of International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF)/Anbumani Arumugam.