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Mar 7
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...

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

Classroom Series

Mar 4
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
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...

Extending the Strategic Ambition for Corporate Social Responsibility

Reeva Gujral Singhal

Feb 7
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...

Deepa Kansra

Jan 7
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...

Classroom Series

Jan 1
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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Rights

Compass

The Handmaid’s Tale: A Human Rights Review

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

The Black Kids and Everyday Discrimination

Extending the Strategic Ambition for Corporate Social Responsibility

Neuro rights, the new human rights

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

Unsafe abortions: The Silent Pandemic

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

Earth Consciousness and Evolving Frameworks

Fraternity, the unforgotten principle

Backlash against human rights

Note from editors- Classroom Series: Reading Human Rights is now Rights Compass (w.e.f. 20th March, 2021).