Ms. Saranya

10-12-2003

Rights to Equality, right to freedom, right against exploitation, right to freedom of religion, Cultural & Educational rights, right to property and Right to constitutional remedies.

There are seven rights granted to all Indian citizens under article 12 to 35 of the Constitution of India [Part III]. But we must pause and ask ourselves of every Indian citizen enjoys all these rights, irrespective of his religion, caste or status. The Preamble to the Indian Constitution declares, India a sovereign socialist, secular democratic republic and lays down the primary objectives of the constitution namely to secure all citizen, justice, social, economic and political, liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship, equality of status and opportunity, fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and the integrity of the nation.

But let us analyze some of these Rights and extent to which it is being exercised. It is every child right to gain education. Under the law, a child below 14 years of age must not be employed. But due to family circumstances like poverty, neglect by the parents or sheer improper role modeling children are denied education.
I once had an experience in a local bus stand wherein a child actually scorned education, the bus was at a signal when a small body of no more than 8 stepped in and started to beg for money, come obliged, some did not, but one old lady told the body that since he was physically and mentally fit, he should be attending school, he looked at her with utter contempt and cheeking replied, 'why? to become like you, not able to give even one rupee to a beggar?' This is the attitude in stilled in some young children by their models.

Right against exploitation, this right is one which due to spread of awareness is being exercised to a higher extent. For eg. Previously in Sivakasi young girl below 14 years were dressed in sarees to make them look older and made to work all day in cracker factories under hazardous conditions, but now children below 14 years of age are ensured basic education and those between 14 adulthood are employed accordingly for 6 hours a day and under favorable conditions.

Violation of the Right to Freedom of Religion can be seen in our very own city, Coimbatore. In the year 1998, the Bomb Blast brought about riots, demolition of leading business and destruction of innocent lives all in the name of Religion.

The right to freedom of press was seen to be violated very recently, when the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker passed an arrest warrant for the reporter of a newspaper for reporting on goings in the Assembly.

We can see many situations around us when the Human Rights are being violated. It is perhaps due to unawareness of once rights, individuals may not know that they do not have to put up with such substandard treatment. Therefore we must spread awarness of the Basic Human Rights to those who are unaware.

Violation of Human Rights:

1. Arbitrary and Unlawful Deprivation of Life, under Police examination.
2. Disappearances after custody by the Police.
3. Torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment on punishment.
4. Arbitrary arrest, detention or …
5. Denial of fair trail
6. Arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home or correspondence.
7. Use of Excessive Force and violation of Humanitarian Law in International conflict.

Violation of the rights to disabled persons, such as denial of 3% in all jobs that is granted by law. The cruel treatment of mentally retarded people, such as chaining them to wall and substandard treatment. Bonded or forced labour, due to debts of the ancestors and Child Labour are the rights violated due to the attitude that these individuals are secondary.

With a view of such types of violation, the Protection of Human Rights Act was passed in 1993 with the formation of the NHRC and SHRC. Within a year there were 71685 complaints out of which only 3,396 were concluded.

Above all types of protection and anti-violation Act, one can help protect the rights of an individual by spreading awareness of educating people about those that are fundamentally there to enjoy and partake.
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Ms. Saranya.S, Student Chairperson, Avinashilingam Deemed University.

Ms. Ajeetha Beham

10-12-2003

Introduction:

Human Rights are claims made by virtue of the fall that we are human beings with an inalienable right to human dignity. The term 'Human Rights' means, the civil and political rights, which are being argued as vital for a democratic society, but also economic, serial and cultural rights as well as the rights for the individual and those of society. In real practice the human rights are the sum of all rights necessary to ensure all peoples and governments to create the conditions headed the exercise our right to be human.

Women's Human Rights and Violations:

Women gives birth to man,
Man is her co-travellers

The Woman is the Mother of Earth. She plays a role of Mother, sister and daughter. She started human and social life. They women are mistresses of half of the country. They are part of the society and nation. They are part of the development of the country without which the development is not possible. They are queens of the household. They can bring love, peace and affection among the human beings by their powers. They are not weaker sex of the society. They can bring any change in the society and country for the protection, welfare, happy and goodwill of the human beings, country and society.

Conventions and Women's Human Rights:

There are over 23 main conventions relating to Human Rights in general and 5 especially to women. These are:

1. Convention on the elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women
2. Convention on Political Rights of Women.
3. Convention on the consent of Marriage, Minimum age of Marriage and Registration of Marriages.
4. Convention on the Nationality of Married Women and
5. Convention on the recovery abroad of Maintenance.

Violation of Women's Human Rights:

The Human Rights of woman is judged in the type of the society are envision. We envision a society where we can act on, our own behalf with dignity and freedom, recognizing that we have both the ----and obligation to develop one full potential and to support the development of others. The violation of the rights of women is a human rights violation of her body and her right as a person. The violation of women's rights takes many forms such as ;

1. Sexual or physical assault & harassment,
2. Female foeticide and infanticide,
3. Female circumcision and
4. Dowry deaths, Sati and denial of her autonomy and authority over her body.

In the economic side the violation has been manifested in the use of women to boost the economy and in their state of powerlessness. They have suffered humiliation on the process. One such example is Land grabbing by powerful sectors and destruction of forests denying the right of women to the means of livelihood or basis of survival is also a violation of Human Rights.

As regards freedom, the women are not getting properly. They are killed in the ultra-sound before taking birth. The women are asked to put off and put on the shoes of her husband in regular routine. This is worst than slavery. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion exist only in paper. In the Political side the women are not getting half i.e. 50% representation in the parliament, even though they are half population of the world. They are not treated equal. They are subject to men. They are having subjugated status. The 'Parda & Dowry' systems are prevailing. The parents are not willing to give education to their daughters. At social level the women do not want to mix-up with other educated and modern woman. They are having old culture and traditions, which are against the Human Rights of women.

Suggestions to Human Rights of Women:

Human Rights of Women should be developed a way of life and not limited to slogan. The Human Right contribution would be made through establishing standards, implementing these standards and giving publicity to them. The people themselves realign about their maintenance and violations of Human Rights. The following suggestions may be taken into consideration:


1. The protection of Human Rights is a constant struggle that cannot be won unless every man & woman participates in it.
2. Human Rights enforcement machinery is required to be formed for the enforcement of Human Rights properly.
3. Human Rights talk programme are required to be made and organized by debates and culture.
4. Human Rights Day is required to be celebrated every year by different ways.
5. There is a need to include a 'separate curriculum' concerning Human Rights in our education.
6. False character assassination on women should be stopped.
7. In the domestic affairs the women should be allowed to give advises and take decisions along with their husbands and other male members because the female member is also a part of domestic life of that family.
8. 'Special Women Human Rights forum' is required to be formulated for the protection and maintenance of Human Rights of the women.
9. Issue of Human Rights and development of UDHR must be approached realistically and
10. Politically, there must be at least 50% representation of women in Parliament.

It is the need all of us should write to protect Human Rights, so that each one of us could live in peace and harmony in this world.

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Ms. Ajeetha Begam, Student Chairperson, Avinashilingam Deemed University.

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