Errata.

AuthorSripati, Vijayashri
PositionCorrection to 'Human rights in India - fifty years after independence (1947-97 - Correction Notice

Human Rights in India -- Fifty Years After Independence (1947-97)

The following mistakes appeared in the above-named article published at 26 DENV. J. INT'L L. & POL'Y 93:

Pages 102 and 103, the table should appear as:

RIGHTS CONTAINED IN BOTH THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

Covenant on Fundamental Name of the Civil & Political Rights Right Rights Article 8(3) Article 23 Freedom from forced or compulsory labor Article 14(1) Article 14 Right to Equality Article 26 Article 15 Protection against discrimination based on any ground: race, religion, color, sex, language, etc. Article 25(c) Article 16(1) Right to have access to public service Article 19(1) & (2) Article 19(1)(a) Freedom of Speech Article 21 Article 19(1)(b) The right of peaceful assembly Article 22(1) Article 19(1)(c) Freedom of association Article 12(1) Article 19(1)(d) & Freedom of (e) movement and freedom to choose one's own residence Article 15(1) Article 20(1) Freedom from ex-post facto legislation Article 14(7) Article 20(2) Freedom from double jeopardy Article 14(3)(g) Article 20(3) Freedom from self incrimination Article 14(7) Article 20(3) Freedom from being compelled to be a witness against oneself Article 6(1) & Article 21 Right to life, Article 9(1) liberty & security & freedom from arbitrary arrest & detention Article 9(2), (3) & Article 22 & 32 Right to be informed (4) of charges of arrest; right to legal remedies Article 18(1) Article 25 Freedom of thought, conscience & religion Article 27 Article 29(1) & Rights of 30 minorities to preserve their own language and culture. Page 99 second paragraph second sentence should read:

It secures to every individual, citizens and aliens alike, the right to invoke the Supreme Court's writ jurisdiction for enforcing any of the fundamental rights.

Page 99, footnote 57 should read:

It submitted the Draft Constitution for the approval of the Constituent Assembly in February 1948.

Page 101, first full paragraph, second sentence, should read:

The express declaration of fundamental rights coupled with the introduction of judicial review in the Indian Constitution marks a radical departure from the pivotal British Constitutional doctrine of parliamentary supremacy.

Page 102, footnotes 75 and 76:

The phrase [hereinafter Universal Declaration] should be included in footnote 76, not footnote 75.

Page 104, section F, the subheading should read:

Judicial Interpretation In The First Three...

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