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
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DOIhttps://doij.org/10.10000/IJLMH.1110102
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