The idea of human rights has over time established itself as an influential normative framework shaping the discourses on politics, religion, law, technology etc. The key expressions like dignity and freedom continue to thrive in a world seemingly wrapped with experiences in denial of them. The need of the hour is teaching and research in human rights with the objective of identifying the newer claims /conflicts in the sphere of human rights, and the determination of new rationalities/approaches to sustaining a peaceful co-existence of all life forms.