Advancement of Human Rights in India : Contemporary and Emerging Challenges

Human rights, despite being prone to serious obstacles, have garnered immense attention in the recent years. This book is an authoritative study of the recent trends and challenges of human rights in India, focusing on the advancement of judicial activism and gross violations of these rights by the government and private stakeholders.

Covering a wide range of topics, Advancement of Human Rights in India: Contemporary and Emerging Challenges features critical discussions on the legal rights of women, children, forest tribes, disabled individuals, prisoners and other socially disadvantaged groups whose welfare is heavily neglected, and thus, needs urgent attention. This book also addresses contemporary debates on consular access, privacy, paternity leave and food security, among others. This book acknowledges progress in the fight for human rights and also presents possible solutions to the many difficulties that lie ahead.

Debarati Halder received her LLB, LLM, PhD (Law) degrees from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, Karnataka. She is Professor of Law at the Unitedworld School of Law, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. She is the founder of Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and founding sec¬retary of South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology. She is the India Chapter Head of International Society of Therapeutic Jurisprudence. She has published five books and several research articles on cybercrimes against women and law, child sexual abuse and related laws, therapeutic jurisprudence, etc., in reputed national and inter¬national journals, including British Journal of Criminology, International Annals of Criminology, National Law School of India University Journal, etc., with reputed publishers. She is a resourceful person for governmental and other international stakeholders, including National Commission for Women, national and state commissions for protection of child rights, UNICEF, Facebook, etc.

Shrut S. Brahmbhatt received his LLM degree from Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He is presently working as Assistant Professor at the Unitedworld School of Law, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He has contributed scholarly articles to many national and international journals and has also conducted several empirical studies. He has also organized national-level seminars and workshops on human rights. His areas of interest are transgender rights, animal rights, intellectual property rights, human rights, etc.