List of top Legal Studies Questions on Human Rights Law

An information shall ordinarily be provided in the form in which it is sought unless it would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority or would be detrimental to the safety or preservation of the record in question. Which provision of the RTI Act, 2005 contains such exception?

The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 does not provide for the establishment of which of the following institutions for better protection of human rights?

Which of the following International Treaties is considered the cornerstone of Modern Human Rights Law?

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is constituted under which Act?

Chairman, Railway Board v. Chandrimadas case relates to ______.

Which Act regulates the minimum wages for workers in India?

Which year the National Human Rights Commission was constituted in India?

Consider the following principles:
Principle A: International humanitarian law aims to protect the civilian population and civilian objects, and establishes the distinction between combatants and non-combatants. States must never make civilians the object of attack and must consequently never use weapons that are incapable of distinguishing between civilian and military targets.
Principle B: International humanitarian law prohibits causing of unnecessary suffering to combatants; it is accordingly prohibited to use weapons causing them such harm or uselessly aggravating their suffering. Therefore, states do not have unlimited freedom of choice of means in the weapons they use.
Select the correct option:

Consider the following international instruments and arrange them in chronological order:
I. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
II. ILO Convention No. 97 (Migration for Employment Convention (Revised))
III. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
IV. Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals who are not nationals of the country in which they live
Select the correct option:

In which case, it was held by the Supreme Court that an anticipatory bail cannot be limited or restricted to a fixed period ?

Appointment of the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission is done by a committee, members of which include

Which proposition most appropriately captures the notion of strong cultural relativism approach to human rights ?

Which human rights are often understood as the third-generation rights ?

Jus cogens norm indicates

Which instrument is not a core international human rights instrument ?

Which of the following human rights is enshrined in both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ?

Universal Declaration on Human Rights was adopted by General Assembly in the year

Which amongst the following is not a main organ of the United Nations ?

Which human rights are often understood as the third generation rights ?