Lovely, Paulose; Chandrasekharan Pillai,K N(Cochin University of Science and Technology, July , 2004)
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Abstract:
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
better protected in the light of international movements with special reference
to national legislation and judicial decisions.The evolution of human rights from early period to Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 is traced in the first chapter. The second
chapter deals with the evolution of human rights in India. The evolution of
fundamental rights and directive principles and the role played by the Indian
Judiciary in enforcing the human rights enumerated in various international
instruments dealing with human rights are also dealt with in this chapter. The
rights guaranteed to women under the various international documents have
been dealt with in the third chapter.It is noticed that the international documents have had their impact in
India leading to creation of machinery for protection of human rights.
Organised violations of women's rights such as prostitution, devadasi system,
domestic violence, sexual harassment at workplaces, the evil of dowry, female
infanticide etc. have been analysed in the light of existing laws and decisional
jurisprudence in the fourth chapter. The fifth chapter analyses the decisions and
consensus that emerged from the world conferences on women and their
impact on the Indian Society and Judiciary. The constitutional provisions and
legislative provisions protecting the rights of women have been critically
examined in the sixth chapter. Chapter seven deals with various mechanisms
evolved to protect the human rights of women. The eighth chapter contains
conclusions and suggestions.
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School of Legal
Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology