Human Rights and Development Issues

Contents: Foreword. I. Human rights and development issues: 1. Education and economy/G. Velan. 2. Political rights (democracy, decentralisation) and good governance in India: aspirations and achievements/S.N. Sangital. 3. Human rights approach to development/Varghese M. Mathunny and V. Umajyothi. 4. Human rights and human development/R. Samintha Ratnam and K. Kaliyamoorthy. 5. Human rights in India an overview/K. Alama, S. Meenakshi and M. Pappu Rathina Malar. 6. Human rights and duties/M. Vinayagamurthy. 7. National seminar on "Human rights and duties--status and strategies"/P. Krishna. 8. A critical analysis of fundamental rights and duties/S. Chellamani. 9. Panchayati Raj Institutions and human rights in India/P. Jaya Prabakaran and A.P. Ramabai. II. Human rights and poverty: 10. Human rights to food and food security in India/S. Arockiasamy. 11. Poverty and human rights/T. Govindaraj. 12. The economic issues in the human rights protection/N.P. Hariliaran. 13. Violation of rights and poverty/S. Iyyampillai. 14. "Eradication of poverty and sustainable development on human rights approach" (Right to Food)/P. Dhas. 15. A human right approach to health care/N. Murali and G. Angammal. 16. Nature of human rights/S. Soundava Pandian. 17. National level two day seminar/S. Lalitha. 18. Human rights and work/Abuga Mokono Issac and P. Banumathi. III. Human rights vis-a-vis women and children: 19. Gender inequality/J.A. Arul Chellakumar. 20. Education as a fundamental right of a child analysis of the programme of education for all in Virudhunagar district/S. Nagarajamurugan and V. Kathiresan. 21. Interactions of poverty and human rights of women in India/D. Solomon Raj and A. Francis. 22. Gender and human rights--issue of female infanticide and foeticide/N. Manimekalai. 23. Child rights in India/T. Rajiah. 24. Technical education for girl child/R. Tamilselvi. 25. Human rights in vis-a-vis child care (education and health) and social justice/S. Aruna. 26. Human rights of women in the next millennium/M. Sheela and K. Vennila. IV. Human rights and third world: 27. Human rights vis-a-vis growing corruption/A. Vijayarajan. 28. International trade and violation of living rights in third world/M. Maria John Kennedy and K. Gnanaguru. 29. Human rights literacy and awareness in the next millennium/K. Selvalakshmi and N. Saravana Amutha Kumari.

"This book gets greater impetus, for the foreword to this book is given by no less a person than Dr. Justice Shivaraj V. Potil, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India and currently, member, Human Rights Commission of India. Honorable Member of the Commission emphasises the need to humanize the globe so that everywhere the human rights are respected and obeyed touching the lives of the people particularly of all those, the hungry excluded. The Honourable Justice is the important the strongest votary of human rights by stressing the important point in the foreword that human rights are inherent in human being which they get by birth and no effort is required to acquire them.

This book would kindle the spirit of the selfless citizens of India to work more in the field for achieving human rights and this book would open the eyes of the self-seekers so that there would be a change in their attitude and mindset. This change would help to achieve human rights." (jacket)