CONTENTS
PREFACE
Mr. Justice Arun Mishra
Chairperson, NHRC
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
Shri Devendra Kumar Singh
Secretary General, NHRC
1.
Access to Justice towards the Creation of Inclusive Social Order as Envisaged
under the Constitution: A Juridical Critique of Human Rights Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Virendra Kumar
2.
The Imbroglio of Legal Capacity in Indian Disability Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Amita Dhanda
3.
Child Rights in the Criminal Justice System: Need for Law Reform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Asha Bajpai
4.
Adoption Laws: Challenges Concerning Procedure from Human Rights Perspective.. . . . . 71
Devinder Singh
5.
Gender Rights vs Personal Laws: Issues and Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Meena Gopal
6.
The Impact of Climate Change and Natural Disaster on Climate Refugees:
A case study on the Sundarban Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
S. Shanthakumar and Mrinalini Banerjee
7.
What can we do as a country in providing Quality Education towards
achieving Global and National Goals: Learning for All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Rukmini Banerji
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