Volume
1 Issue 5 The
Human Rights Magazine
December 2002-January 2003
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Free India Movement International Justice Am-Bushed ‘Another World is Possible’ Reaping A Bitter Harvest Learning to Account for Global
Finance An Uninvited Guest |
Earth Democracy, Living Democracy Justifying Large Dams
Mockery of Environmental Laws | |
To Market! To Market! To Buy Health
Care!
The word ‘Globalisation’
carries varied connotations meaning different things in different contexts and
countries that went for it in the past have adopted different variants of it.
The Electronic Sweatshops
The
call centre industry is turning out to be the latest and fastest growing global
network employing a new form of ‘unorganized’ labour.
Reading the Fine Print
The
actual issues thrown up by the decision to allow 26 per cent FDI in the print
media are obscured in fine sounding arguments.
Forced To Do Their Homework
Globalisation and women workers
in the informal economy — a perspective.
An Alien Practice
The entry of foreign lawyers and
law firms into India will do damage beyond violation of the Constitution.
A Rightful Place of Their Own
The World Bank has trampled upon the
Rights of Adivasis in Nagarhole, Karnataka.
Circle of Poison
Our basic constitutional right to clean
and healthy environment is being violated by the chemicals, which were
once produced to combat hunger in this world. These magic chemicals have
now become the bane not only of animals but also threaten the existence
of humankind.
Who Owns India’s Forests?
From Joint Management to Community
Ownership of Forests in India-The Legal Challenge.
Environmental Laws Lack Holistic
Spirit
There
is a gradual realisation of the impact of development on ecology, environment
and poor people. It is obvious that at the least, protection must be given to
those people affected by these degrading processes. In this context, as an instrument
of social control, law has a very vital role to play.
How Mature Is Our Atomic Energy?
Tamil
Nadu is a WTO workshop as far its Peaceful Nuclear Energy experiment goes and
the nuclear establishment can learn from it.
Asbestos, the Silent Killer
Upsurge in the chrysotile asbestos
industry's misinformation campaign in media and in parliament.
One Species, One Planet
Sustainable development has become a
key obligation and aspiration in various national and international legal
instruments. It is the international community’s agreed-upon goal
for improving human well-being and environmental management. Sustainable
development is often invoked as a means for reconciling important objectives
that might sometimes appear to compete.