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    Pre-menstrual Syndrome and Criminal Culpability: Sound or misguided defence for female offenders
    Shikha Sharma
    • May 10
    • 6 min

    Pre-menstrual Syndrome and Criminal Culpability: Sound or misguided defence for female offenders

    The criminality of women has for quite some time been a neglected branch of knowledge of criminology. In the past, women were viewed as...
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    A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective (Book Review)
    Mallika Ramachandran
    • Mar 8
    • 4 min

    A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective (Book Review)

    A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective is a short book by French political scientist and historian Françoise Vergès, and...
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    Gendering Economic Rights
    Ishita Chakma
    • Mar 8
    • 7 min

    Gendering Economic Rights

    Economic Rights are increasingly compromised as one moves down the social ladder. The economic rights of women who are marginalized at...
    29
    Human Rights and Psychology
    Deepa Kansra
    • Dec 11, 2021
    • 5 min

    Human Rights and Psychology

    This post was first published in The Human Rights Blog as When Human Rights and Psychology Meet (30.11.2021) According to many scholars,...
    30
    Denotified Tribes and the Road to Comprehensive Reforms: In conversation with Dr. Deepshikha Agarwal
    Rights Compass
    • Aug 16, 2021
    • 13 min

    Denotified Tribes and the Road to Comprehensive Reforms: In conversation with Dr. Deepshikha Agarwal

    Last month, Dr. Deepa Kansra and Dr. Mallika Ramachandran, editors at Rights Compass had a conversation with Dr. Deepshikha Aggarwal,...
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    Denotified Tribes and Challenges of Age Old Traditions: In conversation with Dr. Deepshikha Agarwal
    Rights Compass
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 17 min

    Denotified Tribes and Challenges of Age Old Traditions: In conversation with Dr. Deepshikha Agarwal

    Last month, Dr. Deepa Kansra and Dr. Mallika Ramachandran, editors at Rights Compass had a conversation with Dr. Deepshikha Aggarwal,...
    51
    Condemned: An Historical Account of Cruelty and Powerlessness (Book Review)
    Mallika Ramachandran
    • Jun 13, 2021
    • 5 min

    Condemned: An Historical Account of Cruelty and Powerlessness (Book Review)

    With the commencement of colonization and imperialism by Western powers including England from the 15 century onwards, generations of...
    32
    The harmonization of domestic and international human rights standards on criminalization of rape
    Deepa Kansra
    • Jun 8, 2021
    • 5 min

    The harmonization of domestic and international human rights standards on criminalization of rape

    In the field of human rights, expressions like justice and legal reform are closely linked to the process of harmonization of domestic...
    71
    The Handmaid’s Tale: A Human Rights Review
    Manavi Rhythm
    • Mar 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Handmaid’s Tale: A Human Rights Review

    You fit into me like a hook into an eye, a fish hook and an open eye. The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood and published in...
    239
    Food, Right to Food, and Everything in Between, in conversation with Dr. Nira Ramachandran
    Rights Compass
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 11 min

    Food, Right to Food, and Everything in Between, in conversation with Dr. Nira Ramachandran

    Earlier in 2021, Dr. Deepa Kansra, Co-editor, the Classroom Series had a discussion with Dr. Nira Ramachandran, Author, Persisting...
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    The Black Kids and Everyday Discrimination
    Mallika Ramachandran
    • Feb 10, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Black Kids and Everyday Discrimination

    Everyday discrimination is not simply a matter of violation of a paper right. In fact, described as ‘interpersonal daily hassles and...
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    Extending the Strategic Ambition for Corporate Social Responsibility
    Reeva Gujral Singhal
    • Feb 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    Extending the Strategic Ambition for Corporate Social Responsibility

    Reeva Gujral Singhal, Aryamann Oberoi and Sanskriti Mehta Corporations have been attributed the personality of a legal person, distinct...
    107
    Neuro rights, the new human rights
    Deepa Kansra
    • Jan 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    Neuro rights, the new human rights

    The human mind has been a subject matter of study in psychology, law, science, philosophy and other disciplines. [i] By definition, its...
    316
    Rights Compass
    • Jan 1, 2021
    • 5 min

    Politics, Culture and Human Rights, in conversation with Dr. Saumyajit Ray

    Earlier in 2020, Dr. Deepa Kansra, Curator and Editor, the Classroom Series had a discussion with Dr. Saumyajit Ray, Author, America’s...
    106
    Unsafe abortions: The Silent Pandemic
    Aswin Grace
    • Dec 27, 2020
    • 3 min

    Unsafe abortions: The Silent Pandemic

    Unsafe abortion is a silent pandemic that warrants the global community’s attention as a public-health and a human-rights imperative. The...
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    Indian Courts’ Reference to the Work of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
    Mallika Ramachandran
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 5 min

    Indian Courts’ Reference to the Work of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

    In the Indian context, while domestic legislation is given primacy, courts are to respect the rules of international law (where there is...
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    Earth Consciousness and Evolving Frameworks
    Kirat Sodhi
    • Dec 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Earth Consciousness and Evolving Frameworks

    Earth consciousness or the universal respect for nature and all of its forms is manifesting in different ways. It can be viewed as the...
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    Fraternity, the unforgotten principle
    Deepa Kansra
    • Nov 26, 2020
    • 5 min

    Fraternity, the unforgotten principle

    In different parts of the world, attempts have been made to define the principle of fraternity as a political and legal value as compared...
    114
    Backlash against human rights
    Deepa Kansra
    • Nov 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    Backlash against human rights

    Backlashing is a perennial challenge for human rights. Its manifestation in various forms including the repudiation of human rights...
    47

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