Female foeticide and India’s bride bazaar: The case of Haryana

Custodial Death & Torture a Human Rights abuse: Indian and International perspective, Latest Laws

Latest Laws 24 July 2020 By By : Vidisha Singh Abstract “Custodial torture is universally held as one of the cruelest forms of human rights abuse. The Constitution of India, the Supreme Court, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the United Nations forbid it. But the police across the country defy these institutions. Therefore, there […]

Anti-torture law: Contrast between Philippines and India

For the last fifty years, Philippines has faced serious and active insurgency starting with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its New People’s Army (NPA) which launched its armed struggle in 1968.[1] The southern Philippines has a long history of conflict, with armed groups including the Muslim separatists, who comprise of – the […]

Lessons for India from neighbourhood: Sri Lanka’s anti-torture law, June 2018

Article 11 of the Constitution of Sri Lanka specifically prohibits torture by stating that “no person shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”. This prohibition is made absolute by Article 15, which prohibits any limitation on Article 11 under any circumstance, even for reasons of national security and […]