PROTECTION OF WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW

Abstract

Concept of human rights  human right is a modern term for what was traditionally termed as natural rights. These natural rights are those rights which are necessary for the existence of the human beings, such as the right to life, liberty and property. They are foundations for every civil rights. Every civil right has grown from a natural right. In fact, human right is a new formulation of these civil rights. The concept of human rights keeps on expanding with the awareness of the citizens with their political, civil, economical and cultural rights. Broadly speaking human rights may be regarded as those fundamental rights which are essential for a decent life as human being. They are the rights which are processed by every human being irrespective of his or her nationality, race, religion, sex or colour, simply and only because he or she is a human being. Human rights are universal, inherent and inalienable, as they are fundamental to our very existence. They constitute what might be called “sacrosanct rights” from which no derogation can be permitted in the civilized society.01   

  ii status of women women have a unique role in the development of the society. Subject to her ability she contributes to different fields, but is always placed at a disadvantageous position. As an human being man and woman are kept on equal footing ,but biological condition of the female and developed sense of subordination demand extra protection for them. The reason is that women’s physical structure and the performance of the certain functions place her at a disadvantage in the struggle for the subsistence and her physical well-being becomes an object of public interest and care in the order to preserve the strength and vigor of the race. 02    from the social evolution of human society, the glaring fact that emerges is that woman was always given an inferior status. Paradoxically, she was also considered the symbol of the sanctity and purity of the family. But this very aspect of her personality made women the soft target as well as the victim in the conflict -torn society. Women constituting 50% of the world population have been discriminated in every sphere of life.as the human development report 2011 confirms that women perform 60% of the world work but earn just 10% of world income. This type of disparity reflected in every field to which women are related. The need for women’s participation in all spheres of society led to the creation of specific standards for the protection of women’s human rights. Women are treated as second class citizens, as individual whose legal stature is on the same level as of a slave.03 as rightly observed by justice saghir ahmad that “unfortunately, women belongs to a  class or group of society who are in disadvantaged position on account of several social barriers and impediments and have therefore been the victim of tyranny at the hands of men with whom fortunately ,under the constitution enjoy equal rights”.04  Iii  women’s rights as human rights there can be no greater