International Human Rights Movements and Protection of Women's Rights - Softcover

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Human rights are those rights, which have inherent in a human person by virtue of his birth as a human being. These rights are highly essential to protect the dignity and worth of the human person and hence to be ensured by the State authorities. They are universal and therefore called Universal Human Rights. Human rights of women constitute the integral and indivisible part of Universal Human Rights. 

The principle of equality before law and prohibition of discrimination constitutes the essence of rule oflaw and fundamental freedoms. Attainment of equality of status and protection of human rights of women are implicit in all the international instruments dealing with human rights. 

After the Second World War the international community as a whole was concerned with the protection of human rights especially of women. The international instruments on human rights cast an obligation on the Member States to incorporate the norms into the domestic law. 

This thesis is an attempt to explore the problems faced by Indian Women and to examine the ways in which the human rights of women could be 

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better protected in the light of international movements with special reference to national legislation and judicial decisions.

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