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Globalization and Human Rights
Abstract Dr. Alok Kumar Meena
The concern for the human rights becomes popular particularly in the twentieth century, though it had its roots in different forms since time immemorial. The horrors of the Second World War led to the birth and recognition of the modern human rights. The global framework of human Rights was laid down by the United nations General Assembly on December 10th, 1948.
The idea that the protection of human rights knows no international boundaries has gradually captured the imagination of mankind. After the Vienna Declaration (1993), there seems to be a global consensus on the fact that all the Human rights are universal, inseparable, interdependent and interrelated.
The respect for Human rights is enormously essential for achieving the global priorities of peace, development and democracy. Today, the concept of human rights has assumed universal proportion, accepted virtually by all states and societies regardless of historical, cultural, ideological, economic, or other differences. Almost all the countries of the world have clear provisions about the human Rights in their respective constitution.
Human rights are rights which the individual has, or should have, in his society. Though the International Human rights imply rights for the individual against society, but they are not seen as opposed to the interests of society.
Despite human rights becoming the subject of concern to the legal fraternity, The Asians countries criticize the western concept of human rights is that there are no universal human rights as there is no single human nature, and thus no universal moral law to which appeals across cultures can be made.
Keywords: International sphere, Vienna Declaration, global consensus, legal fraternity
Lecturer in Sociology, BSR Govt. Arts College, Alwar, Rajasthan, India/ Post Doctoral fellow,Dept. of Sociology, JNV University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India email:alokkumarmeena@yahoo.com ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………