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RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND GOOD GOVERNANCE: RELEVANCE AND IMPLICATION WITH RESPECT TO ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS

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Bright Phiri1*, Dr. Rhishikesh Dave2
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si10.0055

Abstract

According to the Universal Declaration of Human rights (hereinafter, referred to as UDHR), the right to information and freedom of expression are fundamental human rights, one of the momentous occasions in the History of human rights was at the International conference on Human Rights held in Vienna, 1993, it marked a crucial moment in United Nation’s policy in the field of human rights, where world leaders made concrete recommendations for straightening and harmonizing human rights. The enactment of Anti-terrorism laws in domestic legislation is a necessary step to protect essential Human Rights, including the Fundamental Rights of citizens, on the other other hand, terrorism posses a greatest threat to national security and territorial integrity, government of India in particular has been grappling with questions of weather to deviate from implementing some basic human rights by curtailing some rights, thus vitiate the essential fabric of the Indian Constitution, the essential fundamental freedoms which are affected due to the imposition of Anti-Terrorism laws are primarily the Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression (Article 19), the Right to Life, and Liberty granted u/s Article 21.

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