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    DOCPOST - LEGAL RIGHTS

    CED sends you the most important clippings and articles on all rights based issues, neatly classified, and coded. All you have to do is file the individual clippings under the classification number provided. Below is the classification on Human Rights, which indicates the kind of issues that will be covered.

    In each of the topic below we cover

    1. The Law, Theory, perspectives, philosophy etc 
    2. Policy, Programmes, Programmes, Official actions
    3. Situation, general situation, statistics, benchmarks, indicators of levels
    4. Events, trends, major cases, gross violations, reactions etc
    5. Interest groups working against and their logic, ideology, action
    6. Solutions, Alternatives, Positivew work done by groups, individuals, governments, NGOs, Moveements etc.

      Available on subscription of Rs. 4000/- per annum. For a sample copy or subscription, do write to Jacintha

    HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE      RA00

    UN Declarations, Covenants, Five basic principles                                                            RA10
    International, UN Human Rights Action, Amnesty, Humans Rights WATCH                        RA11
    International Politics of Human Rights, ( Suspect roles of some orgns.)                              RA12
    Fundamental Rights in Indian Constitution                                                                       RA20
    Expansion of Right to Life: to include livelihood, development etc:                                      RA21
    Right to Housing                                                                                                            RA22
    RIGHTS BASED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT, NGO Role/ functions                          RA30

     

    HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA             RB00

    Human Rights Institutions in India                                                                                    RB10
    Human Rights Cases, Judiciary's Interpretation                                                                 RB11
    Judicial System and Legal Reforms,                                                                                RB20
    Alternative Dispute Mechanism, Lok Adalats                                                                    RB21
    Traditional Systems, Caste panchayats                                                                           RB22
    Legal Aid                                                                                                                       RB30
    Public Interest Litigation                                                                                                 RB31
    Legal Aid Organisations/Legal Advocacy Organisations                                                     RB32
    Civil Liberties Organizations                                                                                            RB33

     

    CIVIL LIBERTIES & POLITICAL RIGHTS     RC00

    Right of Freedom of Speech & Expression                                                                       RC01
    Right to protest, Assembly,                                                                                            RC02
    Right to Information                                                                                                        RC03
    Right to Political Participation, Local Governments, Panchayats, Gram Sabha                    RC04
    Right to Political self-determination/autonomyCivil Liberties in other countries                      RC09
    Right to Legal Defence, procedures of search, arrest, (right to liberty)                                 RC10
    Role of Media                                                                                                                RC20
    Right to Privacy                                                                                                             RC40
    Right to Self Autonomy/Self-determination personal/community level                        RC50, RC60
    Rights to refugee ( refugees)                                                                                           RC70
    Governance, Accountability and Corruption                                                                       RC80

     

    STATE POWER & RIGHTS  RD00

    Abuse of State Machinery for political purposes ( telephone tapping)                                  RD01
    Black Laws, PD laws, POTA, UAPA etc                                                                          RD02
    Police, Police Atrocities/Excesses of Army and security Forces                                        RD10
    Use of Police in agitations, Encounters                                                                            RD11
    Mal treatment by Police of vulnerable groups                                                                    RD12
    Prisoners Rights                                                                                                            RD20
    Torture in prisons, custodyPOW Rights                                                                           RD21
    Violence against women in custody                                                                                 RD22


    ECONOMIC RIGHTS   RE00

    Right to Work, Employment                                                                                            RE10
    Labour Rights. Unionise, Collective Bargaining, Strike                                                       RE11
    Equal Wages, Minimum Wages, Free Labour (Bonded Labour)                                          RE15
    Land Rights ( Land Reforms, Land to the Tiller)                                                                 RE20
    CONSUMER RIGHTS                                                                                                     RE30
    Consumer Courts, Tribunals, Arbitration                                                                           RE31
    Community/Group Rights:                                                                                               RE40
    Common Lands, Property temple lands, Grazing Lands, Forests, Water Bodies,
    Right to Environment, Pollution as violation of rights                                                          RE50
    Right to Safety, Right to Health / Euthanasia                                                                    RE55
    Right to Development –
    Globalisation / Privatisation as violation of rights                                                               RE60
    Right to Survival, Food, Freedom from Hunger                                                                   RE61
    Right to free movement of Labour                                                                                     RE65
    Intellectual; Property Rights, Patents                                                                               RE70

     

    SOCIAL RIGHTS   RF00

    GENDER , Patriarchy, CEDAW,  )                                                                                  RF10
    Women’s Rights & Religion, tradition etc                                                                         RF20
    Women’s Right to Inheritance, Property etc.                                                                    RF30
    Reproductive Rights                                                                                                       RF40
    Domestic Violence, Social violence against Women                                                         RF50
    Rights of Sexual Minorities                                                                                             RF60
    Sexuality Rights Discrimination of Women at the Workplace, Sexual Harassment               RF70
    Womens' Rights Organisations, Actions/Issues by them                                                   RF90

    CHILD RIGHTS, UN Conventions                                                                 RG00

    Right to Childhood, Play,Right to Education                                                                     RG10
    Child Labour                                                                                                                  RG20

     

    RIGHTS OF SUPPRESSED COMMUNITIES  RH00

    Atrocities against SCs, Caste practices                                                                           RH10
    Dalit Rights                                                                                                                    RH20
    Positive Discrimination, Reservations,                                                                              RH21
    Anti-Mandal, backlash,Caste  Violence  , Caste Armies                                                    RH30
    Stereo typing, targeting one community Rights of Indigenous,
    Tribal/ normadic Communities                                                                                         RH40 Displacement                                                                                                                RH41

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