International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (April 30)
By Ch. Narendra Singh
International humanitarian law primarily deals with armed conflict between two or more states. It also contains certain norms and rules which are applicable to non-international or internal armed conflicts. It indicates as to how a party to a conflict is to behave in relation to people at its mercy. Therefore, international humanitarian law is a part of human rights law applicable in armed conflict.

Impact of Phumdi Proliferation on the resident birds of Loktak Lake (Manipur) (April 29)
By K.Jugeshor Singh 
The Loktak (24 2 5'-24 42'N,93 46'-93 55'E), a Ramsar site, though a eutrophic lake maintained a somewhat healthy ecosystem before the commissioning of the controversial Loktak Hydro Electric Project .This internationally important and biologically-rich lake besides being a unique wintering ground of various migratory waterfowls was the permanent home of many resident water birds.

Indigenous Peoples in the United Nations (April 29)
States are on the back foot
By JR Hmar 
As the 58th session of the United Nations Commission on human rights enters its final phase of debate, it is deliberating on civil political rights issues. One of the last issues that the commission will be debating upon is the question of indigenous peoples and their rights. This year, the debate assumes special significance for two specific reasons, coming as it within the looming historic inaugural session in May of the newly established Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the level of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Educational Backwardness of Muslims in Manipur (Apr 28)
By Syed Ahmed
The functional and constructive role of education as a necessary tool of emancipation has been widely acknowledged. Various studies have revealed that education is a vital agent of change and is used as a social indicator of development and modernization. Education raises the level of consciousness by bringing change in the personality and attitude of a person...

The role of Manipuri women in conflicts (April 26)
By Dr. N. Vijaylakshmi Brara
War, conflict and aggression have traditionally been associated with men. Many sociologists studying symbolism says that even the shape of the bullets, and its piercing the body has a lot of maleness about it. Rape and wife battering then form a miniscule part of such acculturated notions. Women in such a paradigm then become receivers, the sufferers and the most affected. When, consequently the state becomes the aggressor it is the same women who are the most aggrieved. 

Health and the Status of Women in Manipur (April 26)
Dr. Suresh Laishram
The status of women in a society is a significant reflection of the level of social justice in that society, and the nature of their participation in the process of development is the key to how a society can reach the goal of development. Women make up half of world’s human resources, where they are trapped in cycle of poverty and ill health; their potential contribution to development is unrealized. 

Wasteland in Manipur:Problems and Prospects(Apr22)
By Dr. B. Manihar Sharma 
We are aware that the natural resources like the forests and agricultural lands have gradually been devastated and degraded to a great extent which is responsible for the cause of a number of problems. Vast areas have been depleted of the fertile top soil due to the siltation and salinization mainly attributed to floods. 

A Cultural Policy for Manipur (April 20)
Government Responsibility Demands Caution and Democratic Propriety
By Dr. Laifungbam Debabrata Roy
With the new government sailing off on a somewhat more even keel than most we have had in the recent past, thanks to some recent drastic public action, it is showing signs of a desire to deliver something meaningful to the people of Manipur. Some of the ministers, it not all, have indicated a willingness to look at the possibilities of running a page forward - and not backward.

State tea unit likely to lose Rs 13 lakhs for green tea sale (April 19)
By Bijoy Kakchingtabam
The Manipur Tea Estate, Jiribam set up under the Manipur Plantation Crops Corporation Ltd (MPCC) is likely to lose sales proceed of Rs 13,16,830 lakhs to Assam's MS Jirighat Native Tea Company Regd Office as the latter has failed to pay the amount for the period 2000-2001 till date.

Population Expansion and Ecological Impact (April 16)         (With Reference to Manipur)
By B. Manihar Sharma
The uncontrollable growth of human population at the rate of 93 million per year during 1984- 1995 has caused a number of socio-economic and ecological problems in both the developed and developing nations of the world. The gain production of the world fell sharply from 1,800 million tons during 1985 to 1,400 million tons by 1990. The rapid increase in human population has been directly or indirectly responsible for the environmental disaster faced by us now.

Cast your vote for democracy (April 07)
Administering injustice in Ukhrul
The Manipur Human Rights Commission team's visits to the police stations at Litan, Ukhrul, Phungyar and Sangshak last month poses some very critical questions on the functioning and the legitimacy of the Administration of Justice mechanisms in Manipur. Interestingly, in a State utterly obsessed with 'law and order', the team reportedly found the newly constructed Ukhrul police station building was uninhabitable and that unarmed police personnel were manning the police stations at Phungyar and Sangshak.