Globalization Human Rights

If globalization is assumed as turning the whole world into one global village in which all the people are increasingly interconnected and all the fences or obstacles are removed, so that whole world can witnesses a new state of fast and free flow of people, goods, capital and ideas then the world would be witnessing extraodinary enjoyment of human rights every where because globalization is bringing accomplishment and benefits to all the corners of the globe together with the spread of the highly embraced values of democracy , freedom and justice .

On the other hand if globalization is conceived as turning the whole world into a global market for goods and services dominated and guided by the powerful colossal transnational corporations and

On the positive side, permitting inalienable rights such as the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the guarantee of impartial treatment in court and – even more importantly – the absence of torture, extrajudicial killings and political imprisonment enables citizens to live in safety and freedom, and to express potential political argument in non-violent form. But on the negative side, greater human rights increase a country’s susceptibility to external and internal threats. Consequently, the net effect of human rights on national security is not obvious. As strict controls decrease terrorists’ ability to plan attacks, the public will be more willing to accept them in times of increased threat. Citizens may correct their beliefs about the feasibility of a terror attack in their country upwards when the country experienced an attack. Consequently, they are more willing to accept a decrease in the level of human rights in order to intensify security. Moreover, terrorists might take attacks as an indicator of the weakness of the government, in turn increasing their courage to successfully threaten or even conquer the government. Consequently, the government has a reason to decrease human rights respect in order to be able to monitor terrorist movements better. The illustrative example is of President of United States Of America Mr. Bush who initially objected the bill prohibiting the torture

India is also facing the challenges of globalization in terms of human rights violation. Due to globalization, privatization, and liberalization the human rights of workers, women, children and tribal are under question. Large number of exploitation of works, displacement of tribal people, low rate of wages, women and child trafficking, worst work condition, environment degradation and polluted rivers are some issues which can recognised as human rights violation in our country. Human rights issues that arise include displacement, the poverty of rehabilitation, and often, the impossibility of rehabilitation, the impoverishment that results from displacement, the non-reckoning of cultural and community identity and of rights, what constitutes development has come into severe question in country. Due to these issues, the several violent and non-violent protests have risen. The centre of protest was the Land Acquisition Act 1894. Maoist demonstrated, a violent protest, operated in 10 states and with the aim and to claim for the rights of the marginalized tribal Dalit, and landless communities. Governance has generally been weak in regions where the Maoists found their popular support, with the economic development- related to the corruption and illegal mining severely limiting the revenue available for public services and infrastructure in many of the areas. With government failure and