India

 The people are covered

People's rights over forests are legally unassailable

Publication Date: 
30/01/1995
N C Saxena
Down to Earth
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19950131
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Tags:
Forest Policy, Forest Act 1980, Human Rights, India
India

 The woods are lovely...

The conservation of forests and Natural Ecosystems Bill, sponsored by the ministry of environment and forests, seeks to weed out an obsolete colonial act. But people"s rights will still take a beating if the Bill goes through

Publication Date: 
30/01/1995
Anumita Roychowdhury
Down to Earth
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19950131
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Tags:
Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1927, Human Rights, India
Environment

 Trade off human rights and the market

The clarion call of open markets could override the North's 'insistence' on linking trade with human rights and environmental issues

Publication Date: 
14/05/1994
Uday Shankar
Down to Earth
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19940515
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Tags:
Environment, Human Rights, Trade
India

 Trials by violation

MEDICAL research aims at producing technologies for the human good. But in pursuit of this objective, should we allow medical research to violate basic human rights? The violence of a male-dominated

Publication Date: 
14/03/1994
Down to Earth
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19940315
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Tags:
Medical Research, Drugs, Contraception, Human Rights, India
Environment

 Whose land is it, anyway?

The Mabo judgement, which recognises Australian aboriginal claims to land, has led to protests from business circles and could have an impact as far away as India.

Publication Date: 
14/01/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Ownership, Tribals, Human Rights, Australia
Environment

 In search of equality

SOUTH Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) chairperson Khaleda Zia called for a movement for the empowerment of women. At a SAARC ministerial conference in Kathmandu, she said

Publication Date: 
14/01/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Women, Human Rights
Mining

 UN post flayed

CHINA, Malaysia and Indonesia are adamantly opposed to the creation of the post of a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, fearing it may be used against them. They point out Western countries

Publication Date: 
14/01/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Human Rights, UN
India

 Qualitywise, India is miles ahead

The Indian entries in a recent development video competition held by the British Council, far outpaced their competitors in production quality, pace and purposefulness.

Publication Date: 
30/12/1993
Sevanti Ninan
Down to Earth
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19931231
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Tags:
Women, Child Labour, Economic Development, Video, Human Rights, India
Poverty

 UN urged to ensure protection of tribal rights

At the Human Rights convention in Vienna, quick UN approval was sought for the Universal Declaration of Indigenous People

Publication Date: 
30/07/1993
Anita Anand
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tribals, Human Rights, UN, Austria
Economy

 Time running out in Manibeli

AFTER struggling for eight long years against the massive Narmada dam, the people of the valley are still caught between the devil and the deep blue sea -- in this case, the threat of submergence on

Publication Date: 
14/07/1993
Down to Earth
2
19930715
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Tags:
Dams, Narmada Valley Project, Rural Habitat, Rehabilitation, Aid, Human Rights, World Bank

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