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- Convenor:
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Bhanu Pratap
(University of Lucknow)
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- Track:
- Survival and Extinction
- Location:
- Alan Turing Building G114
- Sessions:
- Tuesday 6 August, -
Time zone: Europe/London
Short Abstract:
The content of self, ethnocentrism and violence are increasing and hence an effort is needed to restore the essence of human right.Proposal discusses the role of law and culture in the establishment of human rights to ensure the essence of humanity in modern world among different cultures.
Long Abstract:
Law itself is a clear indication that the content of self, ethnocentrism are increasing day by day and that is why law is making an effort to restore the essence of human right which was evolved by man at the time of inception of culture. Culture is sandwitched between nation and international agencies. Hence, an equilibrium never comes among people, which may give an establishment of human right culture instead of culture among different groups. Education, economy, religion, population, value system, are different parameters which adversely affects human right culture universally and at that point, state uses a unique tool of law for the mobility of humanity artificially by the imposition of cultural relativism. Human right should not take a unidirectional western approach as many religions blame. It should be analysed anthropologically in different micro and macro cultures that also have some strong and strict rules in the form of customary law to regulate human rights among people. So we may sketch a resonance between human rights granted in 1948 and human rights presence in customary law among different cultures of this world.
We propose to organize a panel to discuss the role of law as the establishment of human rights to ensure the essence of humanity in modern world among different cultures and this panel will also find out the reason of increasing fact of law to establish a forced humanity in the frame of human rights.
Accepted papers:
Session 1 Tuesday 6 August, 2013, -Mahaveer Jain (Initiatives & Interventions)
Paper long abstract:
The constitution of India has given a guarantee to put 253 million children of India into schools, but only 187 million children are studying in 18 lac schools of the country. Still 87 million children are not attending educational institution of the country. The present paper reflects that how hundred percent enrolment of children in school is possible. This paper covers a case study of Rampur Bangar village in Greater Noida of India. It provides insights into the processes of securing hundred percent enrolment of children in educational institutions and strategies to retain hundred percent enrolment of children below the age of 14 years in the schools. It gives practical and ground realities as to how drop out children problem can be tackled without addressing the issue for poverty and welfare. This paper also depicts a unique feature of Child Rights and Human Rights which have been achieved by the collected efforts and convergence of various cultural and educational groups at village level. It also shows that it is possible to achieve hundred percent enrolment in schools with minimum financial support and through the existing local resources. This unique example of Human and Child Rights can be multiplied at country and to other developing countries.
Tikiri Nimal Herath (University of Sri Jayawardenepura)
Paper short abstract:
Peace is a big issue in the global economy. This study makes an attempt to find out new avenues to broaden the basis for human rights and to show the role of law.
Paper long abstract:
At present, peace has become an intricate global problem. Some nations have entangled in war nets; some have faced to ethnic crises; and some others have internal defense problems. Some societies produce unnecessary goods such as explosives and missiles. Consequently, the economies and ethnic groups live in fear. It seems that framework for human rights needs to be reviewed. This paper makes an attempt to fill this gap by examining the some fundamental or generic characteristics of the human being. The study shows that rather than non-human lives such as animals, the human life is highly competitive and interdependent. Human being is competitive in almost all activities such as production, consumption and sexual behaviour. In economics, 'perfect competition' is considered to be most welfare-friendly form of the market. Moreover, since Aristotle many economies proceeded with competition friendly and widely accepted theories (or concepts) such as division of labor and comparative advantage etc. Thus, both man and societies are interdependent. These theories or concepts say that 'man needs the man'. Single group or a society or a nation cannot survive in the globe. Therefore, it is a basis for protection of human rights. However, competition and interdependence among people or nations at the same time is mutually incompatible. That is a situation we need the law. At international level, to make competition and interdependence compatible, competition needs to be incorporated with consensuses. By so doing, rights of the nations can be protected.