Ethnic minority & their rights in land acquisition, development and displacement

Human rights are the birth rights of every human being and they form an integral part of the sociocultural fabric of humanity all over the world. However, they are vulnerable to abuse and violation. Human rights can be understood as Abstract norms and values protected in laws, constitutions, and international conventions. At the same time, human rights are cultural concepts that are slowly evolving in response to social change or contestation1. The paper explores how human rights have become applicable to the realities of Tribal lives, and how we can build on the international conventions and agreements that have accomplished this task to understand the dimensions of tribals’ human rights in the Indian society. Tribals’ human rights provide fundamental insights into the causes, manifestations and consequences of human rights violations experienced by Tribal communities.