The New Universe of Human Rights

Author: J S VermaPublisher: Universal Law PublishingYear: 2004Language: EnglishPages: 391ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175343982 DescriptionThis book is a companion volume of the earlier New Dimensions of Justice. During his tenure as the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, Justice J S Verma was faced with several unusual situations eroding the human dignity of individuals as well as groups of people. Intervention of the NHRC depended on the involvement of human rights issues in them, and in turn on the true scope of human rights to legitimize the intervention. The perception that Human dignity is the quintessence of human rights enabled and justified those interventions. Linkage between human rights, development and democracy understood as inclusive democracy is the basis of State responsibility for the protection of human rights of all within its jurisdiction. The contents of this book reveal this perception of Justice Verma and the link between human rights and governan