PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE

Abstract

The study deals with the concept of human rights in diverse schools of thought. The human psyche and its relationship with human rights have been dealt with in detail. An overview on contributions of several schools of psychology such as child psychology, peace psychology, educational psychology, social and cultural psychology on human rights have been discussed. Reflection of the psychological linkages towards the promotion of human rights ideals and mitigation of conflicts have also been shown. The study also underlines the importance and extent of human rights and life skill education to develop the human rights consciousness the role and scope of human rights and life skill education to enhance the human rights consciousness”.