| Publication |
2013.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The credit for bringing the Human Rights issue into public consciousness
and making it a major concern of public interest in India goes ironically
to terrorism. With the outbreak of terrorism in Punjab in 1980s
necessitating large scale deployment of armed forces in aid of Police
and the emergence of public spirited individuals and groups ready to
take up cudgels on behalf of the victims of State excesses, the violations
of citizens' rights and liberties became a regular feature of law
enforcement. Before this, far greater atrocities committed by the police
and administration in dealing with the problems of interstate dacoity
and communal riots in various States and in fighting insurgency in the
North-East had failed to generate any significant reaction among the
general public. It is also worth noting that Pakistan could ultimately
succeed in internationalizing the Kashmir issue not on the strength of
its claims vis-à-vis ours but from the angle of the alleged human rights
violations by Security forces. It is thus clear that terrorism plays a
crucial role in determining the human rights discourse and shaping the
human rights record of a nation State.
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