Concerted efforts have been made by United Nations Organization and international law to protect, nurture and improve the economic, social and political conditions of man, woman and child world over. There is tremendous pressure on States to provide a minimum standard of life alongwith personal, social and economic freedoms. Thus, people need to be made aware of the Human Rights, newly recognized status, rights and remedies available to them under international law and social polity. Correspondingly, the States are also under new obligations to make human rights real proposition through definitions and enforcement. This book is intended to give the source material on the wide-ranging Human Rights comprising of Conventions, Treaties or Resolutions of UNO among others. Now there is a viable regime of human rights in a distinguishable form. The book makes an in-depth presentation of Human Rights, spread in wide ranging twenty-one sections: • Those that are directly under international law or UNO sanction, viz. the International Bills on Human Rights, the Right of Self-determination and Proactive Humanitarian Law through World Conference and Millennium Assembly, Environment Protection, Protection of Human Rights through International Human Rights Commission. • Those that operate through States, viz. Protective Treatment of Indigenous People, Minorities, Women, Family, Marriage, Children, Older Persons, Persons under Disability, Labour Welfare, Freedom from Slavery, Humane Treatment of Aliens or Prisoners, Traffic in Human Beings, Freedom of Association. • Human Rights that give or deny Status to Individuals, viz. Nationality, Statelessness, Asylum and Refugees, Migrants, including processes for Justice against Arbitrariness, Denial of Human Rights or Discrimination, Extradition and Surrender of Fugitives. • Wars cause catastrophe for Human Rights. This book presents Documents and Conventions on War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and International Criminal Court. All the elemental principles emanating from the various Documents on Human Rights incorporated in this book have been summarized in the “Introduction” for the convenience of the readers.

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VOLUME II RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 30. Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities 31. Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care 32. Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons 33. Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE: PROTECTION OF PERSONS SUBJECTED TO DETENTION OR IMPRISONMENT 34. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 35. Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 36. Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System 37. Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 38. United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines) 39. United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules) 40. United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty 41. Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners 42. Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials 43. Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers 44. Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors 45. Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions 46. Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment 47. Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary 48. Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power 49. United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (“The Beijing Rules”) 50. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 51. Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of those facing the Death Penalty 52. Principles of Medical Ethics Relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 53. Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials 54. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners 55. Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment SOCIAL WELFARE, PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT 56. Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity 57. Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights 58. Declaration on the Right to Development 59. Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace 60. Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind 61. Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition 62. Declaration on Social Progress and Development PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 63. Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 64. Principles Relating to the Status of National Institutions (The Paris Principles) MARRIAGE 65. Recommendation on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages 66. Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages THE RIGHT TO HEALTH 67. Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS