A new group of secular intellectuals in India argues that the BJP’s real attitude towards women is based on a fascist communally-based politics in which women are seen not as individuals with rights, but as bearers of their community’s honour, to be protected or raped, depending who they are.
So where has the growth gone; who is it for? Who has benefited from the ‘economic miracle’? The middle class have become rich; the rich have become super rich: the super rich stellar rich.
One of the country’s most informed human rights experts explains how India blocks foreign funding for rights work it doesn’t like. Philanthropists avoid supporting work that will anger the state so the only organizations able to tackle the most sensitive rights issues are those funded by small con
يوضح أحد أكثر الخبراء علماً في حقوق الإنسان في البلد كيف أن الهند تسد الطريق أمام التمويل الأجنبي لأعمال الحقوق التي لا ترغب بها. ويتجنب المحسنين دعم الأعمال التي تقوم بإغضاب الدولة وبالتالي فإن المنظمات الوحيدة القادرة على معالجة مشكلة قضايا الحقوق الأكثر حساسية هي تلك التي يتم تمويلها بتبرعات بس
देश के सबसे जानकार मानव अधिकारों के विशेषज्ञों में से एक समझाते हैं कि उन मानवाधिकारों के कार्यों के लिए भारत किस तरह विदेशी अनुदान में रुकावट डालता है जिन्हें वह पसंद नहीं करता है। जनहितैषी उन कार्यों का समर्थन करने से बचते हैं जो सरकार को क्रोधित कर सकते हैं और इस कारणवश सबसे संवेदनशील मानवाधिका
Uno de los expertos en derechos humanos más informados del país explica la manera en que la India bloquea el financiamiento proveniente del extranjero para los esfuerzos de derechos humanos que no le agradan. Los filántropos evitan apoyar los esfuerzos que provocarán la ira del Estado, así que las
En ileri insan hakları algılaması anketlerini kullanan yazarlar, Meksika, Fas ve Hindistan gibi ülkelerdeki toplumsal sınıflar ile ülke içerisindeki insan hakları arasındaki ilişkileri araştırmaktadırlar. Elde etmiş oldukları sonuçlar ışığında toplumdaki seçkin sınıfın, insan hakları temsilcilikle
Any plans for the social and economic empowerment of ‘beggars’ will work only if they address the factors that affect people negatively, forcing them out of their work/livelihood, and eventually pushing them into extreme destitution and dependence.
Using the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) to justify decisions to intervene militarily abroad is often self-serving. Countries like India are ambiguous about the right to intervene because the practice is deeply inequitable. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate, R2P and the Human Rights C
In the wake of the brutal gang rape of a student in Delhi in December 2012, Kavita Krishnan shot to international fame when her speech demanding protection of a ‘woman’s freedom, not her body’ went viral. She spoke to Rahila Gupta about her campaigning work for women's rights.
A comprehensive peace will clearly not be achieved militarily, but how can the warring factions engaged with the complex conflict in Afghanistan be brought into negotiations? Engagement with Alternative Dispute Resolution practices at the regional level offers potential.
