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In every
religion, society and country a tranquil life is considered
as the basic human rights. It is the responsibility of the
state to ensure this inalienable right. But it is a matter
of thousand pities and lamentations that practice of using
the state functionaries for the achievement of personal
political aims, violation of merit and patronage of the
downright corrupt big guns in the society has transformed
the state into a hound instead of a guardian angel of the
human right, which has not only miserably failed in ensuring
the human rights, but it is a bloodhound set on those very
people who feed it. There is no denying the fact that remiss
in one’s duty, indifference, truancy, corruption and
ignorance shake the very foundations of justice in the
society. In such a case the society is rife with ills and
wrongs.
Violation of human rights has so badly permeated the
structure of the third world countries that it has taken on
gruesome proportions. There is hardly anything known as the
women’s rights in these societies. Therefore, even today
treated as a keep and chattel, the women in these societies
are still leading a dog’s life. All such societies existing
anywhere in the world, where the abject poverty has forked
the justice and people seeking the justice through legal
means becomes a nightmare. It is that elusive dream
embracing which generations upon generations are claimed and
devoured by the white winged death. But they can never ever
swim the vast seas of penury and poverty starting form their
threshold on the other side of which thick shady tree of
justice allures them with the promise of a mirthful life.
The social unevenness and misery always keep them at bay
from seeking justice and other fundamental rights. Thus a
huge chunk of the population living through the life of
unrelenting oppression is fated to die a deathless death.
Therefore, it is an era where importance and need for the
provision of free legal aid assumes greater importance in
securing the basic rights including justice. Otherwise the
chapter of the basic human right is wiped clean like the
undesired words. The world history is full of violence,
death and destruction in the name of religion. So much so
that not a single society in the world has been able to
successfully counter or diminish the religious violence and
oppression. In this regard with the exception of a few
regions everywhere there is lot of violence and repression
in the name of religion. To make the matter worse, this
violence is dubbed as Jihad or Crusades as the need may be.
In this way the death and destruction under the banner of
religion has been continuing since times immemorial. Every
religion of the world believes in security, social order,
reconciliation and peace. For the promotion of these decent
values, we should have to decide to gather together all the
scholars and preachers of different religions to create a
peaceful world.
For the sake of social peace and welfare, abiding the law,
its effective enforcement, respecting and guaranteeing the
human rights can hardly be overemphasized. The common man is
supposed to be aware of all such provisions in the law, but
unfortunately there are no specific arrangements to help him
grasp the prevalent state laws and universal human rights.
The lack of perception of the laws and human rights creates
many social problems such as:
1. The lost cause of women’s rights.
2. Institutionalised exploitation by the state organs.
3. Providing legal aid to the women and children who suffer
the brutality.
4. The delayed and expensive justice.
5. Unnecessary maze of legal implications.
6. Abuse of law.
7. The wrong way of using laws against the minorities.
8. The trampling of the women’s rights and failure in
curbing the discrimination are against them.
With the sorrow state of affairs we have to start the
projects of promotion of awareness of law and human rights,
which aimed at better understanding of the law and human
rights by the people enabling them to better defend their
rights.
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