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Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: Developments in Indian and International Law Paperback – 30 November 2007

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by South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (Author)

This unique volume is a wide-ranging, yet exhaustive examination of human rights and humanitarian law in India as well as their interconnections with international law. Designed as a basic text for LLM and MA students pursuing courses in human rights and related subjects, including criminology and legal administration, it has been developed using the UGC course outline. Thematically organized and lucid, this book provides extremely useful reference material for human rights law practitioners and judges, and also for police and other government officials undergoing training on human rights issues in relation to their work. The topics covered include: the Indian constitutional framework relating to human rights India’s obligations under international law the criminal justice system environmental protection and development issues the debate about human rights and cultural rights regional associations and human rights international humanitarian and refugee law The methodology adopted in the book integrates the theoretical and practical aspects of learning. Every chapter includes cross-references and a list of recommended reading, case law wherever relevant, and web-based citations for easy research.

 

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Edition (30 November 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195692128
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195692129
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 748 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.6 x 2.2 x 23.9 cm
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
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Challenges to Civil Rights Guarantees in India Hardcover – 13 October 2011

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by A.G. Noorani (Author), South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (Author)

This volume consisting of nine essays thoroughly examines the status of civil rights guarantees as enshrined in the Constitution of India. Discussing the contemporary social and political issues, and their handling by the state, it foregrounds different challenges faced by the civil rights framework in India. The essays elaborately analyse civil and criminal justice system, and cover topics, such as the death penalty, counter-terrorism activities, anti conversion laws, and freedom of speech. The work also brings out the complex relationship between curtailment of democratic tools of protest and enjoyment of civil rights,

Review

The commentary is lucid, the style accessible, and the breadth of coverage admirable. ― Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association

About the Author

A.G. Noorani is Advocate, Supreme Court of India and independent scholar and commentator on constitutional law issues. SAHRDC is Secretariat of the Asia Pacific Human Rights Network.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP India (13 October 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 019807414X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198074144
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 481 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 22.1 x 2.54 x 14.99 cm
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
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Handbook of Human Rights and Criminal Justice in India: Third Edition Paperback – 27 September 2010

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This critically acclaimed handbook is an in-depth study of human rights and criminal justice, in particular the Criminal Procedure Code, in India. The new edition, with an additional chapter on recent changes in the criminal justice system, reviews contemporary developments in this area. A practical guide to the criminal justice system, the book: discusses rights of citizens and non-citizens relating to arrest and detention classifies and explains offences under the Indian Penal Code explains the rules followed by police and courts in criminal complaints discusses implications of errors and omissions during investigation and trial highlights important cases relating to implementation of the Code

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About the Author

South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre The Secretariat of the Asia Pacific Human Rights Network. It works for the promoption and protection of human rights in South Asia. It has Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
 

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 3rd Ed. edition (27 September 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198069510
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198069515
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 295 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 23.88 x 1.78 x 18.29 cm
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India

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Extension of policing powers to BSF: comparable international experiences BYRAVI NAIR OCTOBER 25, 2021

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 OCTOBER 25, 2021

Northern Ireland’s Royal Ulster Constabulary experience offers a lesson to Indian lawmakers: the militarised policing of a local population by a centrally-controlled force that has been awarded extraordinary powers without accountability measures will likely result in human rights violation, explains RAVI NAIR.

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MOST modern democracies adhere to the policy of separation between the military and the police. Many nations have made limited exceptions for certain paramilitary forces.

Nevertheless, as Northern Ireland’s experience illustrates, the mixing of forces with inherently different mandates (armed combat versus law enforcement) and targets (enemy versus local citizen) is likely to do more harm than good.

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Shifting the borders inland: Policing powers of the Border Security Force

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OCTOBER 21, 2021
 
Amidst the recent decision to increase the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force in West Bengal, Punjab and Assam, RAVI NAIR examines the encroachment of Constitutional federalism by a union government gradually inching the country towards an authoritarian state.
 

Union government’s decision to extend the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) to over 50 km in three states – namely, West Bengal, Punjab and Assam, from the barbed wire fence with Bangladesh and Pakistan, along with the grant of policing powers, is one more building block in the creation of a unitary authoritarian state.

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The right of private defense – a legal view

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An SAHRDC backgrounder

 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
 
RAVI NAIR of the SOUTH ASIA HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION CENTRE provides an analysis of the right to self defense relating to person and property under the prevalent criminal jurisprudence, and how the Supreme Court has looked at it over the course of time.
 

It is the duty of the State to protect its citizens and their property from danger. However, there are circumstances wherein the State machinery is not available or is passive.

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