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Upendra Baxi

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Human Rights in ‘Controlling and Combating Corruption’: The ‘Uselessness of Good Ideas?’– Synoptic Remarks, 2011

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-125
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This piece reflects on the role of human rights in anti-corruption frameworks. Baxi examines gaps between normative commitments and institutional practice, questioning whether rights-based apgroaches meaningfully address systemic corruption. Published in the NAVEIÑ REET: Nordic Journal of Law and Social Research, Vol. 2 No. 1: Special Issue on Law and Corruption, edited by Livia Holden and Rubya Mehdi, pg 4-15

Dates: Publication: 2011

Human Rights in the Administration of Criminal Justice: The Concept of Fair Trial, 2020

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-149
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This essay examines fair trial guarantees within criminal justice. Baxi reflects on procedure, rights, and institutional practice, emphasizing how due process is compromised by inequality, delay, and coercive legal environments. Published in the Journal of the National Human Rights Commission, Volume 19.

Dates: Publication: 2020

Human Rights Responsibility of Multinational Corporations, Political Ecology of Injustice: Learning from Bhopal Thirty Plus?, 2016

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-137
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Published in the Business and Human Rights Journal Vol. 1 no. 1,Pg 21-40.

Dates: Publication: 2016

Human Rights to do a Moral Wrong, 2017

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-141
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Published in the Nirma University Law Journal Vol. 6 no. 2,Pg 7-13.

Dates: Publication: 2017

ICES Annual Lecture – Globalization: A world without alternatives?, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 24 November 1992

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Identifier: UB-005-01-05-04
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This lecture critically examines globalization and its impact on political choice, sovereignty, and justice. Baxi questions claims that globalization is inevitable or uncontested, drawing attention to inequalities, exclusions, and the narrowing of democratic alternatives under global economic and governance regimes. Colombo.

Dates: Publication: 24 November 1992

“Illegal Detention: For A More Caring World”, 6 May 2018

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-77
Abstract Baxi addresses the persistent issue of custodial torture and unlawful detention as a violation of the "right to be human." He critiques the gap between constitutional promises and the ground reality of police behavior. The synopsis emphasizes that illegal detention is not merely a procedural error but a structural violence that demands "compensatory jurisprudence." The article advocates for a "caring" legal system where the state is held strictly accountable for every minute of a citizen's...
Dates: Publication: 6 May 2018

‘Impoverishment in the Anthropocene’. in Juergensmeyer, Mark and Sassen, Saskia and Steger, Manfred B. and Faessel, Victor (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Global Studies, 2018

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Identifier: UB-005-01-02-67
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Baxi examines poverty and dispossession in the context of planetary change. The essay reflects on ecological crisis, inequality, and governance, emphasizing how environmental transformation intensifies human vulnerability. Published by Oxford University Press, New York pg 454-476.

Dates: Publication: 2018

In conversation with Professor Upendra Baxi and Professor John Harrington - YouTube, 2016

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Identifier: UB-005-01-08-21
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Published by School of Law and Politics

Dates: 2016