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Media Victimization and Human Right Violations
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Dr Sumayya H
Assistant Professor on Contract at Department of Law, Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India
Abstract
Media, the fourth pillar of our democracy is the voice of our society. The role, functions and impact of media upon the society are much higher than its forms and versions as updated in every seconds. Everyday media updated its forms but deviate its norms resulted in victimization by media leads to great human rights violations. This article highlights the media victimization over juveniles, victims, accused persons, individuals’ rights as well as collective rights which are protected through constitutional and statutory provisions in our legal system. This research works also examines the machineries constituted for the protection of individual rights and analyses how far it is effective in upholding human rights.
Keywords
- Media
- victimization
- human rights
- victims
- accused
- trial
- privacy
- juveniles
- contempt
- press
- freedom
- defamation
Type
Research Paper
Information
International Journal of Law Management and Humanities, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 2202 - 2209
DOI: https://doij.org/10.10000/IJLMH.1110102Creative Commons
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