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Human Rights in India Unit-4 UNIT-4 Human Rights in India – Constitutional Provisions / Guarantees HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA REPUBLIC OF INDIA This article is part of a series on the politics and government of India 1. Union Government • Constitution of India • Fundamental rights Executive: • President • Vice President • Prime Minister • Union Council of Ministers • Cabinet Secretary of India • Civil Services of India Parliament: • RajyaSabha • LokSabha • The Chairman • The Speaker Judiciary: • Supreme Court of India • Chief Justice of India • High Courts • District Courts 2. Elections • Election Commission • Chief Election Commissioner 3. Political parties • National parties • State parties 4. National coalitions: • National Democratic Alliance (NDA) • United Progressive Alliance (UPA) 5. State Govt. and Local Govt. • Governor • Chief minister State level • Vidhan Sabha • Vidhan Parishad Local Governments: • Divisional commissioner • District Magistrate • Zilla Panchayats • Mandal or Taluk Panchayats • Gram Panchayats • Urban bodies • Municipal Corporations • Municipal Councils • Nagar Panchayats DEFNITION : Human rights in India is an issue complicated by the country's large size & population, widespread poverty, lack of proper education & its diverse culture, even though being the world's largest sovereign, secular, democratic republic. The Constitution of India provides for Fundamental rights, which include freedom of religion. Clauses also provide for freedom of speech, as well as separation of executive and judiciary and freedom of movement within the country and abroad. The country also has an independent judiciary and well as bodies to look into issues of human rights. The 2016 report of Human Rights Watch accepts the above-mentioned faculties but goes to state that India has "serious human rights concerns. Civil society groups face harassment and government critics face intimidation and lawsuits. Free speech has come under attack both from the state and by interest groups. Muslim and Christian minorities accuse authorities of not doing enough to protect their rights.But in the recent years , more emphasis is given to minority rights & freedom of speech.The government is yet to repeal laws that grant public officials and security forces immunity from prosecution for abuses. Use of torture by police: The Asian Centre for Human Rights estimated that from 2002 to 2008, over four people per day died while in police custody, with "hundreds" of those deaths being due to police use of torture. According to a report written by the Institute of Correctional Administration in Punjab, up to 50% of police officers in the country have used physical or mental abuse on prisoners. Instances of torture, such as through a lack of sanitation, space, or water have been documented in West Bengal as well Sexual violence Child sexual abuse in India India is home to the largest number of sexually abused children in the world. About 53% of children have been subjected to some form of sexual abuse. In 2012, India introduced the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) to deal with cases of child sexual abuse. However, it took two years to record the first cases under the law and there are huge gaps in its implementation with the conviction rate under the act being only 2.4%.It is argued that the prevalence is driven by reluctance to expose relatives, who are often the abusers. As a result, more than 50% of adults who were abused surveyed wanted the matter to stay within the family and only 17% wanted harsh punishments for offenders. Forced Labor Slavery in India India has the highest number of people living in conditions of slavery, 18.3 million, three times more than the next highest nation. Debt Bondage Debt bondage in India Most of those in India living in slavery are in bonded labour,[19] where a person pledges himself or herself against a loan. Debt bondage can be passed on from generation to generation, with children required to pay off their parents' debt. Child labor :Child labor in India India has the largest number of child labourers under the age of 14 in the world with an estimated 12.6 million children engaged in hazardous occupations. Human trafficking Human trafficking in India and Child trafficking in India Human trafficking is a $8 million illegal business in India. Around 10,000 Nepali women are brought to India annually for commercial sexual exploitation.[24] Each year 20,000–25,000 women and children are trafficked from Bangladesh.[25] Religious violence Religious violence in India Communal conflicts between religious groups (mostly between Hindus and Muslims) have been prevalent in India since around the time of its independence from British Rule. Among the oldest incidences of communal violence in India was the Moplah rebellion, when Militant Islamists massacred Hindus in Kerala. Communal riots took place during the partition of India between Hindus/Sikhs and Muslims where large numbers of people were killed in large-scale violence. The Fundamental Rights are defined as the basic human rights of all citizens. These rights, defined in Part III of the Constitution irrespective of race, place of birth, religion, caste, creed or sex. The Right to Equality is one of the chief guarantees of the Constitution of India. THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, establishes the structure, procedures, powers and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles and the duties of citizens. PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA:- Preamble to the Constitution of India is a brief introductory statement that sets out the guiding purpose and principles of the document, and it indicates the source from which the document derives its authority, meaning, and the people. The hopes and aspirations of the people as well as the ideals before our nation are described in the preamble in clear words. It may be considered as the heart and soul of Constitution. The preamble can be referred to as the preface which highlights the entire Constitution. It was adopted on 26 November 1949 by the Constituent Assembly and came into effect on 26th January,1950 Historic background The preamble is based on the Objectives which was drafted and moved in the Constituent Assembly by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946. The preamble-page, along with other pages of the original Constitution of India, was designed and decorated solely by renowned painter BeoharRammanoharSinha of Jabalpur who was at Shantiniketan with acharya Nandalal Bose at that time. Nandalal Bose endorsed BeoharRammanoharSinha's artwork without any alteration whatsoever. As such, the page bears BeoharRammanoharSinha's short signature Ram in Devanagari lower-right corner. B. R. Ambedkar said about the preamble TEXT OF THE PREAMBLE : These are the opening words of the preamble of the Indian Constitution. “ WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN, SOCIALIST, SECULAR, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought , expression, belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation; IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION. Sovereignty: Sovereignty is understood in jurisprudence as the full right and power of a governing body to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies. In political theory, sovereignty is a substantive term designating supreme authority over some polity. It is a basic principle underlying the dominant Westphalian model of state foundation. It means free from the control of any foreign power and internally has a free government which is directly elected by the people and makes laws that govern the people. She allies in peace and war. The Popular sovereignty is also one of the basic structures of constitution of India. Hence, Citizens of India also enjoy sovereign power to elect their representatives through elections held for the parliament, state legislature and local bodies as well. People have supreme right to make decisions on internal as well as external matters. No external power can dictate the government of India. India’s membership of the commonwealth or of the United Nations does not impose any external limit on her sovereignty. The Commonwealth is a free association of sovereign Nation. The sovereignty empowers India to either acquire a foreign territory or cede a part of its territory in favour of a foreign The concept of sovereignty has been discussed throughout history, and is still actively debated. It has changed in its definition, concept, and application throughout, especially during the Age of Enlightenment. The current notion of state sovereignty contains four aspects consisting of territory, population, authority and recognition. According to Stephen D. Krasner, the term could also be understood in four different ways: • domestic sovereignty – actual control over a state exercised by an authority [6] organized within this state, • interdependence sovereignty – actual control of movement across state's [6] borders, assuming the borders exist, • international legal sovereignty – formal recognition by other sovereign [6] states, • Westphalia sovereignty – lack of other authority
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