Volume 1 Issue 3 The Human Rights Magazine August-September 2002
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The
Spectre of Starving India
It is unforgivable that 'perverse spending logic' is
responsible for the spread of hunger in the country.
From
the Courts to the Streets
The "rights approach"
to development is a subject of much debate at this time. The notion is inspiring,
but its practical implications are often far from transparent.
Lying
Statistics and Dying Children
This report was
prepared by the Tribal Research and Training Institute of Pune on the malnutrition
related deaths of tribal children in Nandurbar District, Maharashtra.
War
over Water
No, water has not acquired wings, but with
privatization of water on the anvil, it will 'flow uphill to money', as a resident
of the high desert in New Mexico observed after his community's water had been
diverted for use by the high-tech industry.
Left
to the Mercy of the Market
The evolving Indian
position on food security issues in the context of Agreement on Agriculture.
Right
to Food has Absolute Priority
by Justice Mohammed Zakeria
Yacoob
From
Social Bystanders to
Active Citizens
Newly elected Ashoka
Fellow Chingmak combines modern
values and traditional governance in the process of democratisation in North-eastern
India
The
Basmati Debacle
A strong public movement is needed to fight international bio-pirates.
A
Farcical Exercise
Focus remained on superficial issues at the Food and Agriculture Organisation's
Summit in Rome in June.
Other issues:
communalism
Nowhere
To Go
Faced with a merciless state, Gujarat riot victims look for help. The state authorities
are playing an unprecedented role in neglecting relief and rehabilitation of the
survivors of mass violence.
globalisation
Plugging
the Mauritius Route
A Mumbai IT officer issues a bold assessment order in respect of FIIs playing
the stock market in India and making huge profits, mainly capital gains, but not
paying any taxes in India.
housing
Reality
of Homelessness
People are subjected to relocation on the city's fringes in inhuman conditions,
only to undergo the trauma of multi-displacement.
judiciary
and polity
The
Taint of ‘Influence’
Many senior politicans and judges were
found to be involved in the multi-crore ‘jobs-for-cash’ scam in Punjab.
children
Restoring
the Lost Balance
Penal provisions for commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking offences must
make the offender pay not only damages to the victim but also the cost of investigation
and prosecution.
sexual minorities
The
Twilight Zone of Transsexuals
An academic study of the hijra community
in India, insofar as they are a vulnerable minority. Hijras are male-to-female
(MTF) transsexuals peculiar to the Indian sub-continent by virtue of the culture
that has evolved around their transgender identity.
environment
Killer
of 20,000 Innocents Let Off
The position of
the Indian Government compromises its own citizens in the Bhopal disaster case.
Back
to the Womb
Developing countries must demand compensation for the pollution that the North
creates – a global tax.
A
Shocking Proposal
The report of the National Working Group on Power
Sector critiques the Electricity Bill 2001, and makes a comparison between the
objectives of this Bill and the existing legislation.
commissions
Rendezvous
With NHRC
The
National Human Rights Commission has an obligation to rise up to the expectations
of the people and to exercise the power conferred upon it by the law.
media
Making
Waves with
Our Voices
Kolar had no AIR radio prior to intervention by
Voices and similar groups, and now uses community radio to disseminate locally-oriented
information on issues such as health amd farming.
prisoners'
rights
Rehabilitating
Women Prisoners
The experience of Human Rights Law Network, Kolkata, with rehabilitating women
prisoners shows that wonders can be worked with effort and persistence.