Encyclopaedia of Human Rights covers the vast field of human rights at all levels, i.e. national, regional and international. It provides the readers with understanding of the vast expanse of the subject on one hand and on the other hand all important texts associated with human rights. No doubt, since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948, human rights as a subject area has received an unprecedented level of global attention and support. Women, Children, Disabled Persons, Minorities, Indigenous Peoples, Refugees, Migrant Workers and other vulnerable groups of contemporary societies now possess rights that protect them from discriminatory practices. Rights have been extended through ground breaking United Nations General Assembly decisions that have gradually established their universality, indivisibility and interrelatedness with development and democratization. Organised in 22 chapters namely Human rights instruments, Human rights backgrounder and treaty regime, International bill of human rights, Vienna declaration and programme of action, UN human rights initiatives, Social development agenda and human rights, Human rights education, Advisory services and technical cooperation in human rights, Regional human rights initiatives, Human rights activism, Human rights on Internet, Human rights cases etc. followed by Bibliography Glossary, and abbreviations. This encyclopaedia provides the readers with best possible interface of international, regional and national laws on human rights for the first time. The Indian human rights laws could be seen and understood in the international and regional context and vice-versa and exposes the reader to the latest in the field.

Dr. P.C. Sinha obtained his M.A.,M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He expertise's in the field of Ocean and Antarctic Studies, Environment and Development Studies. He has contributed extensively in Indian and foreign professional journals. He also successfully participated in the international diploma programme on the "Conflict Resolution" at Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden and worked as the Research Fellow on environment and policy issues at EPAI, East-West Center, Hawaii (USA)leading to his post-doctoral degree. He was Senior Research Fellow at School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. A prolific writer, Dr. Sinha has several outstanding publications to his credit.