Human Rights Law
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
“Housing for the Impoverished: A Basic Human Right”, 28 July 2019
Human rights as human flourishings: From Julius Stone to Amartya Sen and beyond, 2001
Baxi traces conceptual shifts in human rights thinking from legal theory to capabilities-based apgroaches. He reflects on rights as conditions for human flourishing, engaging with philosophical debates while emphasizing the ethical dimensions of rights beyond formal entitlements. Published by The Julius Stone Address, The University of Sydney Law School.
‘Human Rights: Between Suffering and Market’, in Robin Cohen and Shirin Rai (eds), Global Social Movements, 1999
Published by Altheone, London, pg 32–45.
Human Rights Education: The Promise of the Twenty-First Century?’ in George Andreopoulos and Richard Pierre Claude (eds), Human Rights Education, 1997
Baxi revisits human rights education in the context of the twenty-first century. He reflects on its transformative aspirations, institutional constraints, and global reach, emphasizing the gap between educational promise and socio-political realities. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, pg 142–54
Human Rights in a Post-Human World: Critical Essays, 2007
Published by Oxford University Press, Delhi.
Human Rights in ‘Controlling and Combating Corruption’: The ‘Uselessness of Good Ideas?’– Synoptic Remarks, 2011
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
Human Rights in the Administration of Criminal Justice: The Concept of Fair Trial, 2020
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.
Human Rights Responsibility of Multinational Corporations, Political Ecology of Injustice: Learning from Bhopal Thirty Plus?, 2016
Published in the Business and Human Rights Journal Vol. 1 no. 1,Pg 21-40.
Human Rights to do a Moral Wrong, 2017
Published in the Nirma University Law Journal Vol. 6 no. 2,Pg 7-13.
‘Justice of Human Rights in Indian Constitutionalism’ in Akaash Singh Rathore and Silika Mohapatra (eds), Indian Political Thought: A Reader, 2010
This essay situates human rights within Indian constitutional thought. Baxi reflects on justice as a constitutional aspiration, examining tensions between rights, sovereignty, and social inequality in Indian constitutional practice. Published by Routledge. London and New York