CONTENTS: Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Tables, Figures and Map About the Editors and Contributors Part I: Human Rights Challenges in Asia 1. Water as a Human Right: A Case Study of the Water Stress among the Uyghur in China Pintu Kumar Mahla 2. North Korean Refugees in China: A Humanitarian Perspective Kriti Chopra and Neeti Chowdhury 3. Promulgation and Amendment of Anti-Racial Laws for Northeast Indians Living Across India Poonam Patel Part II: Human Rights in Conflict and Crisis Situations 4. An Assessment of the Human Rights Situation in Afghanistan Post August 2021 Rushita Shetty and Vasu Sharma 5. Human Rights in Global Health Crises and Disease Outbreaks Tanya Goyal 6. Migration and Human Rights Abuses in War-Torn Countries: Syria and Ukraine Vivek Pathak Part III: Human Rights and Emerging Issues 7. New Frontiers of Human Rights: Cybersecurity Challenges and International Law Tarazi Mohammed Sheikh 8. The Sinking of the Land in Joshimath and the Indian Constitution’s Human Rights Guarantees Sahibnoor Singh Sidhu and Shruti Pathania 9. The Human Rights Implications of Toxic Waste Colonialism: An Overview Monica Narang and Monika Bhardwaj 10. From Ambiguity to Protection: The Case of Climate Change-Induced Displacement Kartika Bakshi and Hardik Sharma Part IV: Human Rights and Distributive Justice 11. Right to the City: Understanding the City as a Site of Human Rights Atanu Bose 12. Strengthening Human Rights through Good Governance Practices Paridhi Billore 13. The Rights of Transgender: The Battle of Egalitarianism Richa Yadav 14. Women’s Rights are Human Rights: Status and Protection under International Law Vijay Saigal and Shivangi Sharma Part V: Human Rights and its Comparative Perspective 15. Specific Provisions Relating to Certain Special Classes in the Constitutions of India and the United States: A Comparative Study Priyansh Shukla 16. Maintenance of Human Rights by Regulating the use of Force by States: An Interrelationship between Jus ad bellum and Jus cogens Kanika Sharma and Adisree Telem 17. Environmental Protection During Armed Conflicts: A Human Rights Perspective E. Prema, V. Shyam Sundar and S. Parthiban 18. Refugee Rights and Problems in India: A Legal Study Arun Kumar Singh and Upendra Grewal 19. Migrant Workers and Human Rights: An Extended Briefing Sheeba Ahad and Waseeq-ul-Rashid Part VI: Human Rights and Contemporary Issues 20. Gender-Based Discrimination against Women in India: A Violation of Human Rights in the Present Scanario Yogendra Singh and Sani Kumar Misra 21. From Zero Tolerance to a Case for Human Rights Protection: Addressing the Issue of Family Separation at the US-Mexico Border Lakshmi Subramanian 22. ‘A Continual Exit’ Understanding Venezuela’s Development through the Recurring Migrant Crisis Kirti Koushika 23. Social Media Activism and Advocacy for Hindu Human Rights: A Case Study of Twitter Kaveri Madhak and Nidhi S