Challenges on Human Rights in India

Abstract

Certain basic rights relating to life, liberty and freedom of movement for which all the human being are entitled to without any discrimination may be termed as human rights.  In every society two classes of people are found, the governing class and the governed. The governed are always the suppressed and oppressed class and are denied of their basic rights of life. All through the ages, men have the fought for their freedoms. With the establishment of United Nations in 1945, and with the end of colonial rule, most of the nations became free and the cause for the protection and promotion of human rights gathered momentum. The Indian Constitution, one of the largest treatises on human rights, came into being on 26^th January 1950. But in spite of the constitutional provisions and various human rights laws for the protection of human rights, the citizens are still subjected to various forms of discriminations and torture and denial of basic rights. This article attempts to highlight the challenges on human rights in India.