DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2017.v05i10.006

Pages: 1360-1365

“that country and that nation which did not respect women have never become great nor will ever in future”- Swami Vivekananda Every year the 10th December is celebrated as the ‘International Human Rights Day’ in every nook and corner of the world. The sudden rise in the violation of human rights especially women rights have compelled the people to rethink about the relevancy of the day. The term ‘human rights’ refers to those rights that are considered universal to humanity, regardless of citizenship, residency status, ethnicity, gender, or other considerations. A person is inherently entitled to these unchallengeable fundamental rights simply because she or he is a human being irrespective of his/her place of birth, sex, nationality, origin, colour, language, religion. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN General Assembly, 10th December 1948, is regarded as the Magna Carta in the history of mankind.