International Human Rights

The term human rights are being increasing used by the people across geographical frontiers. Indicators of human rights are being taken recourse to by different agencies and organizations the world over to access the level of governance as well as the dignity and liberty being enjoyed by the people. In the process the phraseology of human rights is being sought to be understood by different stakeholders. Though of ancient vintage, it was termed as part of natural rights phraseology and only during the past century, particularly with the advent of the world wars, human rights came to gain in importance, partly due to its abuse and denial leading to violation in great measure. Initially though the comity of nations in the form of the United Nations did not devote much space in its charter, gradually with various bodies being set up including the charter bodies and the treaty bodies, human rights instruments came to be adopted at regular interval in order to respond to the demands of time. Considered in terms of their significance and importance it is of primordial necessity that such instruments are made easily accessible to people, primarily the stakeholders, the students, researchers, policy planners and lawmakers for them to gain a better appreciation of the different instruments. Hence this endeavour at making available the instruments considered of importance. The idea behind this present publication is to provide the readers and researchers with updated instruments.