| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| Introduction: Emerging Discourse on Human Rights | Aftab Alam | 11 |
| The Emerging Human Rights Situation in India in the Context of Recent Socio-Political and Economic Changes | Ravi Kiran Jain | 42 |
| Women, 'Development' and Human Rights | Jayanti Alam | 51 |
| Offences against Women | Mamta Rao | 76 |
| Victims of Rape and their to Live with Human Dignity | K.I. Vibhute | 96 |
| How Far Personal Laws have Hampered Dispensation of Justice to Women | Parul Modi | 117 |
| Muslim Girl Child Domestics in the Child Rights Perspective | Nadeem Mohsin | 139 |
| Minorities and Human Rights | P.D. Mathews S.J. | 168 |
| Rights of Dalits: A Human Rights Perspective | Mohammad Shadan Zeb Khan | 183 |
| Basic Rights of Refugees: Issues in the Global and Indian Context | M. Afzal Wani | 195 |
| Human Rights Abuses in Pre-Trial Detention: Sensitising Police and Judicial Personal | Subhram rajkhowa | 219 |
| Human Right to Environment in India: From Legality to Reality | Md. Zafar Mahfooz Nomani | 245 |
| Healthy Environment A Human Right | Mohiuddin Ahmad farooqui | 273 |
| Human Rights in North-East India : A Contemporary Perspective | Kunja Medhi | 289 |