[1] Assistant Professor, GD Goenka University

[2] Law Student, GD Goenka University

[3] Sen, A. (2009). The Idea of Justice. Harvard University Press.

[4] Kaur, S. (2014). Philosophies and Human Rights. Journal of Social Sciences Research, 6, 997-999.

[5] A Short History of Human Rights, http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/edumat/hreduseries/hereandnow/Part- 1/short-history.htm.

[6] Magna Carta (1215)

[7] English Bill of Rights, 1689

[8] French Declaration on the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789)

[9] U.S. Const. amend. I (Bill of Rights)

[10] Dr. Surinder Kaur, Historical Development of Human Rights, 6 Journal of Social Sciences Research 997-999 (2014).

[11] The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 5, Verse 18)

[12] Surah 42: Ash-Shura: 21)

[13] Mazumdar, S. (2016). Human Rights Jurisprudence in India: A Critical Review. Oxford University Press.

[14] Sikhism. (n.d.). BBC Religion.

[15] The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. (1789).

[16] Das, V. (2007). Life and Words: Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary. University of California Press.

[17] Lock, J. (1690). Two Treatises of Government.

[18] Rousseau, J. J. (1762). The Social Contract.

[19] Voltaire. (1763). Treatise on Tolerance.

[20] Henkin, L. (1999). The Age of Rights. Columbia University Press.

[21] The International Labor Organization (ILO).

[22] Mohammad Habibur Rahman & Mohammad Habibur Rahman, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as Foundation of the International Human Rights Law (Dec. 11, 2020).

[23] Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam, adopted August 5, 1990, OIC Res. 3/10, Annex, U.N. GAOR, 45th Sess., Supp. No. 18, at 14, U.N. Doc. A/45/18 (1990).

[24] African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, adopted June 27, 1981, OAU Doc. CAB/LEG/67/3 rev. 5, 21 I.L.M. 58 (1982).

[25] Sonia Cardenas & Rebecca Root. Human Rights in Latin America: A Politics of Transformation. 2nd ed. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022

[26] Tawhida Ahmed & Israel de Jesús Butler, The European Union and Human Rights: An International Law Perspective, 17 European Journal of International Law 771–801 (2006).

[27] Nidhi Madan. History & Development of Human Rights in Indian. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science. Vol. 22, Issue 6, Ver. 9, pp. 01-06 (June 2017)

[28] Sanatana Dharma: an advanced text book of Hindu religion and ethics, (Dec. 19, 2011)

[29] S. Radhakrishnan, Development of Human Rights in an Indian Context, 36 Int'l J. Legal Info. 2, article 14 (2008).

[30] Keshavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala, AIR 1973 SC 1461 (India).

[31] Jolly George Varghese v. Bank of Cochin, AIR 1980 SC 470 (India).

[32] Chairman, Railway Board and others v. Mrs. Chandrima Das, AIR 2000 SC 988 (India)

[33] International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, opened for signature Dec. 16, 1966, 999

U.N.T.S. 171 (entered into force Mar. 23, 1976).

[34] International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, opened for signature Dec. 16, 1966, 993 U.N.T.S. 3 (entered into force Jan. 3, 1976).

[35] Convention on the Rights of the Child, opened for signature Nov. 20, 1989, 1577 U.N.T.S. 3 (entered into force Sept. 2, 1990).

[36] Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Dec. 18, 1979, 1249

U.N.T.S. 13 (entered into force Sept. 3, 1981).

[37] Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Dec. 13, 2006, 2515 U.N.T.S. 3

(entered into force May 3, 2008).

[38] Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), Dec. 10, 1984, S. Treaty Doc. No. 100-20, 1465 U.N.T.S. 85 (entered into force June 26, 1987).

[39] International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Dec. 21, 1965, 660 U.N.T.S. 195 (entered into force Jan. 4, 1969)

[40] Das, Veena. Life and Words: Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary. University of California Press, 2007.

[41] Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Pub. L. No. 33, 1989 (India).

[42] Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, Pub. L. No. 1, 1996 (India).

[43] Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Pub. L. No. 43, 2005 (India).

[44] Right to Education Act, 2009, Pub. L. No. 35, 2009 (India).

[45] The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, Pub. L. No. 32, 2012 (India)

[46] The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013, Pub. L. No. 14, 2013 (India).

[47] National Food Security Act, 2013, Pub. L. No. 20, 2013 (India).

[48] The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, Pub. L. No. 2, 2016 (India).

[49] The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, Pub. L. No. 49, 2016 (India).

[50] The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, Pub. L. No. 10, 2017 (India)

[51] The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2021, Pub. L. No. 4, 2021 (India).

[52] Mazumdar, S. Human Rights Jurisprudence in India: A Critical Review. Oxford University Press, 2016.

[53] Chandrachud, R. S. Balancing Constitutional Rights in India. Oxford University Press, 2019.

[54] Baxi, Upendra. "Inhuman Wrongs and Human Rights: Unconscionability as Legal Form." Indian Journal of Human Rights 8, no. 2 (2004): 24-56.

[55] Sen, Amartya. The Idea of Justice. Harvard University Press, 2009.

[56] Chandrachud, R. S. Balancing Constitutional Rights in India. Oxford University Press, 2019.

[57] AIR 1997 SC 3011

[58] (2014) 5 SCC 438