Basic facilities are lacking for the women and their children; also the prisoners are visibly scared of the prison staff. There is scope for vast improvement, on all levels, particularly in the attitude of the prison staff who need to learn to respect the human rights of women prisoners....
This article gives an overview of the relevant international law, as well as the gender-specific considerations that need to be taken into account when implementing it. Some suggestions have been given to improve the conditions of women prisoners in India.Pal, Brij...
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(2017). ‘You’re disabled, why did you have sex in the first place?’ An intersectional analysis of experiences of disabled women with regard to their sexual and reproductive health and rights in Gujarat State, India. Global Health Action, 10(suppl.2), 1290316. Google Scholar Delhi ...
Even criminals under police custody or prisoners undergoing imprisonment sentences are fully entitled to their human rights. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has its own investigation wing headed by a Director General of Police for investigation into complaints of human rights ...
Thus, a large amount of prison space in India and costs of prison maintenance are being exhausted on under trial prisoners, which should be avoided to reduce the burden on the exchequer. This situation has resulted in the blatant violation of the fundamental rights of those under trial, ...
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he has noted how ‘human rights have gone from a general list of what governments should not do to their citizens in the 1940s to a full blown moral-theological-political vision of the good life’ (2007: 349). The issues covered can be as diverse as the treatment of prisoners in US ...
In India, the Prisons Act 1894 does not recognise sexual minorities based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) as a different class of prisoners. It only separates prisoners into the categories of women, young offenders, undertrials, convicts, civil prisoners, detenues and high-secur...
(21%), the unemployed (21%), people with little or no education (20%) and immigrants (19%), religious minorities (15%), people with different political views (12%), part-time workers (11%), and prisoners (8%). While 2% believe none of these groups requires human rights protection,...