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Indiaâ€™s Draft Universal Periodic Report-II: A Case of Forced Marriage?

ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2012

The paper has the objective of viewing the condition of women in terms of freedom of choice, freedom and expression and right of privacy. Also it views violence against women.

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Globalization and China's 'Race to the Bottom' in Labour Standards

Chan, Anita - eSocialSciences - 2006

and benefit the labour intensive manufacturing sector in China. Yet, although foreign investment has been flowing into … China and employment in the low-wage industries is expanding, wages of Chinese workers are not rising. In fact, China is … study of China's hukou system and how it affectes the wages of migrant workers, the paper shows how the Chinese hukou system …

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Health and Human Rights in Chin State, Western Burma: A Population-Based Assessment Using Multistaged Household Cluster Sampling

Sollom, Richard; Richard, Adam K - eSocialSciences - 2011

The Chin State of Burma (also known as Myanmar) is an isolated ethnic minority area with poor health outcomes and reports of food insecurity and human rights violations. A report on a population-based assessment of health and human rights in Chin State is given. It is sought to quantify reported...

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Police and the Rule of Law: Recent Developments in India

Agarwal, Anurag K - eSocialSciences - 2014

This paper examines some of the recent pronouncements of the Supreme Court and other High Courts and tries to analyse them vis-à-vis the understanding of the rule of law in India. [IIMA W.P. No.2014-04-02].

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Inside the Family A Report on Democratic Rights of Women

Rights, PUDR Peoples Union for Democratic - eSocialSciences - 2008

The report highlights the following aspects: 1. the inability of the legal system to recognise the unique unequal , 2. position of women; 3. the perception of women as peripheral to economic development by the State and their consequent marginalization and exploitation in the labour force; 4. the...

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Social Movements and the Law in Post Colonial Hong Kong

eSocialSciences - 2009

Social movements in Hong Kong have begun to challenge the law and the judicial system for the purpose of challenging government policies or at least making their claims highly visible before the public in Hong Kong. the legal boundary of the free space for social movements has been contested in...

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An Ethnographic Study on Women in Prostitution in Bihar

Srivastava, Nina - eSocialSciences - 2008

The study tries to focus on the violation of human rights that occur in prostitution. It holds that it is the responsibility of the state to protect these human rights and address the fundamental structural causes of this trade. The study also looked into the complementary role of NGOs, civil...

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Custodial Death of Rohtas Singh of Haryana: A Fact Finding Report

ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2007

The report of a two member team of Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) consisting of Advocate Nitesh Kumar Singh and Advocate Rajesh Pandey on the death in custody of Rohtas Singh, owner of a ready-made garments shop in Banchari village in Haryana, India. Was it a case of torture in custody?

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Are we there yet? The deferral of justice and the promise of human rights

Bohler-Muller, Narnia - eSocialSciences - 2006

Utilizing the critical theory of Drucilla Cornell and Costas Douzinas, and looking back to the utopianism of Ernst Bloch, the paperI offers an argument that acknowledges the limits of the law and the transcendent nature of justice with specific reference to the role of the Constitutional Court...

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The State of Human Rights in Bangladesh

SAHR, South Asians for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2008

The system of justice in Bangladesh is derived from the common law system. The judiciary tends to be conservative in its application of international law. While in many cases the judiciary has cited international laws, its decisions have not always been based on these laws. The high court...

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