Human Rights

The registrar of trade unions has refused to acknowledge the Bal Mazdoor Union BMU , an association of working children in Delhi. Though the Delhi High Court has upheld the order of the registrar, the BMU refuses to give up and intends to appeal.

Publication Date:

14/03/1993

Author(s): Uday Shankar

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pavement Dwellers, Child Labour, Human Rights, Trade Unions, India, Delhi

India

Scarred by violence and fundamentalism

1992 proved the Indian women's movement needs to reassess its priorities and strategies.

Publication Date:

30/01/1993

Author(s): Kumud Sharma

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930131

pp:

0

Tags:

Women, Contraception, Human Rights, Popular Movements, India

India

The politics of interventionism

We all recognise that if an international force on the scale proposed is committed to Somalia, against the opposition of the loco] warlords, then in effect you are seeing a takeover of a countiy by the international community.
an unnamed

Publication Date:

14/01/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930115

pp:

0

Tags:

Starvation, Human Rights, UN, Somalia, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries

Biodiversity

Teaching people green rights

Many groups across the country are working to educate the people on the importance of the laws that govern people's rights to natural resources.

Publication Date:

30/12/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Displacement, Rehabilitation, Education, Human Rights

India

Children of the earth, worshippers of nature

Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan human rights activist and peasant leader, was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Menchu was witness to the massacre of her entire family at the hands of the Guatemalan army. In this excerpt from her testimony, Menchu des

Publication Date:

29/11/1992

Author(s): Rigoberta Menchu

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19921130

pp:

0

Tags:

Children, Education, Human Rights, South America

India

Naked truths

The public humiliation of B D Sharma, social activist and former Commissioner of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, has stirred up a hornet's nest. "It has come as a shock to all of us... But

Publication Date:

29/11/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Tribals, Human Rights, Public Participation, India, Madhya Pradesh

Environment

Making the right choice

A MAJOR leap in Indian jurisprudence occurred when Chief Justice P N Bhagwati interpreted the Indian Constitution to mean that Indian citizens have a Right to a clean and healthy environment because

Publication Date:

14/11/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19921115

pp:

0

Tags:

Environmental Health, Legislation, Human Rights, Developing Countries

Air Pollution

A mother's challenge

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has admitted a Spanish mother's complaint that the environmental nuisance caused by an unlicensed waste treatment plant adjoining her house is a

Publication Date:

14/11/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, Leather Industry, Health Effects, Human Rights, Spain