Voices of Suffering and the Future of Human Rights, 1998
Scope and Contents
The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.
Dates
- Publication: 1998
Creator
- Upendra Baxi (Author, Person)
- Sharunya (Archives Intern, Person)
- Meghashree Dev (Processing Archivist, Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 250 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Baxi foregrounds suffering as central to the future of human rights. The essay emphasizes listening to marginalized voices, questioning abstract universality, and reimagining rights frameworks that remain responsive to pain, exclusion, and injustice. Published in the Symposium: International Human Rights at Fifty: a Symposium to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 8, No. 2 pg 125-170.
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Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository