Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Google Jackets

Human rights and victimology / by V. V. Devasia and Leelamima Devasia

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Nagpur; Dattsons; 1998Description: 240 pISBN:
  • 8171920373
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.481 DEV
Summary: The concept of human rights has its origin in humanism. Humanism is a basic aspect of the Renaisance. Human freedom refers primarily to a condition characterised by the absence of coercion or constraint imposed by another person. So long as a man acts of his own volition and is not coerced in what he does he is free. The absence of coercion is a necessary condition of being free, but the existence of coercion indicates the violation of one's human rights. In a democratic country like India, political activity and participation in Government are considered as expressions of one's freedom. A vast majority of our people in remote rural and tribal areas and pavements in big cities are often excluded from such participation. A society in which power is restricted to criminal politicians and corrupt bureaucrats is also likely to be characterised by the existence of wide possibilities of victimisations and human rights violations.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

The concept of human rights has its origin in humanism. Humanism is a basic aspect of the Renaisance. Human freedom refers primarily to a condition characterised by the absence of coercion or constraint imposed by another person. So long as a man acts of his own volition and is not coerced in what he does he is free. The absence of coercion is a necessary condition of being free, but the existence of coercion indicates the violation of one's human rights.

In a democratic country like India, political activity and participation in Government are considered as expressions of one's freedom. A vast majority of our people in remote rural and tribal areas and pavements in big cities are often excluded from such participation. A society in which power is restricted to criminal politicians and corrupt bureaucrats is also likely to be characterised by the existence of wide possibilities of victimisations and human rights violations.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha