Human Rights in the Twenty First Century : Challenges Ahead

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Constitutional jurisprudence affirms reservation for Indian backward Muslims: Advocacy for the motion/Mohammad Shabbir. 2. Social duties and human rights: a new perceptive/S.K. Varshney. 3. Extension of reservation policy in private sector: possibilities, impediments and consequences/C. Chellapan. 4. Social status and legal rights of prostitutes: Mauryan period to present day scenario/Abha Kulshreshtha. 5. Genocide in International law and Indian state practice: a comparative panorama/B.C. Nirmal. 6. Women in governance through empowerment by reservation: an overview/Lalita Parihar. 7. Dalits and violations of their human rights: an introspection/Rattan Singh. 8. Domestic violence: an aberration in women's human rights/Shavi Sharma. 9. Good governance, human rights and the rights of minorities/Sushma Yadav. 10. Human rights in Azerbaijan: an overview/Javanshir Majido. 11. Distributive justice and Muslims under Indian Constitution: human rights perspective/Iqbal Ali Khan. 12. The need of communal harmony in India with reference to the Hague Peace Agenda/D.S. Somashekhar. 13. Conversion and its implication to Malaysian scenario/Noor Aziah Mohd. Awal. 14. Human rights of displaced persons/Shaukat Ali. 15. Human rights violation in Iraq and the role of United Nations/Shakeel A. Samdani. 16. Stinking existence, tinkered laws and tainted enforcement: a study of manual scavengers' fight for human right and dignity in India/Mohd. Zafar Mahfooz Nomani and Anis Ahmad. 17. Social justice and empowerment: Ambedkar's perspective/Zafar A. Khan. 18. Denial of reservation benefit to the converted people: constitutional issues, possibilities and challenges/Mushtaq Ahmad. 19. Article 22 and requirements of human rights standards under the international covenant on civil and political rights/Mohammad Momin. 20. Need of human rights education/Parminder Kaur. 21. Quest for women empowerment: 73 Constitutional Amendment Act and its implementation/P.K. Mathur and Fasahat Shamoon. 22. Directive principles of state policies v. contemporary development: a socio-legal evaluation/Jasleen Kewlani. 23. Statistical analysis of crimes against women, children, incest and foeticide/Jawed Usmani and Tariq Wali. 24. Uniform civil code: a politico-judicial analysis/Ajai Kumar. "This anthology addresses diverse issues from the human rights perspective in the twenty first century such as constitutional jurisprudence with regard to reservation to backward Muslims, human rights and social duties, extension of reservation policy to private sector, legal rights of prostitutes, genocide in international law, women empowerment, violation of human rights of Dalits, domestic violence, rights of minorities, distributive justice and constitutional law, communal harmony, conversion and its implications, human rights of displaced persons, social justice and empowerment, human rights education etc. It reveals contributors' ventures of bridging the gap between 'the law in book' and 'the law in action'. This book has potentiality of enriching human rights jurisprudence. Indeed, this is a pragmatic and potent addition to the existing knowledge of human rights, rule of law, social justice, constitutional ethos and humanism." (jacket).…