I. Bangalore revisited : a review of the use of international human rights norms in domestic courts
1. Inaugural adress = 1
2. The Bangalore cycle of commonwealth judicial colloquia in retrospect = 9
3. Applying women's international human rights = 25
4. The role of the courts in Zimbabwe in implementing human rights, with special reference to the application of international human rights norms = 41
5. Domestic application of international human rights norms and access to justice : the Bangladesh experience = 55
II. Human rights, law enforcement and state security : the justicial role
6. The centrality of the rights to fair trial as a human rights norm = 63
7. Relief and remedies for the infringement of the rights of personal security and physical liberty in Sri Lanka = 85
8. International human rights norms, their nexus with Islamic doctrines and application in Pakistan = 117
9. Prisons and custody : Application of international human rights norms by the supreme court of India = 127
III. Equality and poverty : Challenges for judicial protection of human rights
10. The lion and the ox = 149
11. Equality amongst unequals : the power of Pakistani courts to enforce fundamental rights = 161
12. Equality, poverty and social exclusion : challenges for human rights protection - the Indian experience = 173
13. The right to life and life and economic, social and cultural rights = 185
IV. Taking women's human rights seriously : judicial initiatives
14. Women's access to judical redress = 195
15. The Application of international human rights law in New Zealand = 209
16. Redress for violence against women in Indian : the sucesses and failures of judical action = 225
17. Legal aspects of sexual exploitation and violence against women in Bangladesh = 233
V. The impact of applying international human rights law : the way ahead
18. The role of the judiciary in translating human rights law into practice = 243
19. International human rights norms : their universality and reflection at the national level - the Indian experience = 255
ANEXE = 267
1. Inaugural adress = 1
2. The Bangalore cycle of commonwealth judicial colloquia in retrospect = 9
3. Applying women's international human rights = 25
4. The role of the courts in Zimbabwe in implementing human rights, with special reference to the application of international human rights norms = 41
5. Domestic application of international human rights norms and access to justice : the Bangladesh experience = 55
II. Human rights, law enforcement and state security : the justicial role
6. The centrality of the rights to fair trial as a human rights norm = 63
7. Relief and remedies for the infringement of the rights of personal security and physical liberty in Sri Lanka = 85
8. International human rights norms, their nexus with Islamic doctrines and application in Pakistan = 117
9. Prisons and custody : Application of international human rights norms by the supreme court of India = 127
III. Equality and poverty : Challenges for judicial protection of human rights
10. The lion and the ox = 149
11. Equality amongst unequals : the power of Pakistani courts to enforce fundamental rights = 161
12. Equality, poverty and social exclusion : challenges for human rights protection - the Indian experience = 173
13. The right to life and life and economic, social and cultural rights = 185
IV. Taking women's human rights seriously : judicial initiatives
14. Women's access to judical redress = 195
15. The Application of international human rights law in New Zealand = 209
16. Redress for violence against women in Indian : the sucesses and failures of judical action = 225
17. Legal aspects of sexual exploitation and violence against women in Bangladesh = 233
V. The impact of applying international human rights law : the way ahead
18. The role of the judiciary in translating human rights law into practice = 243
19. International human rights norms : their universality and reflection at the national level - the Indian experience = 255
ANEXE = 267