(3) According to Karel Vasak’s theory of three generations of human rights, economic, social and cultural rights are considered second-generation rights. Civil and political rights are considered first-generation rights; while, environmental,cultural, and developmental rights are referred to as third generation rights.In this three-fold categorization,eradication of all forms of social discrimination is a second generation human right. However, in the four-fold classification model that is prevalent in India, the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Social Discrimination (1969),the Convention against Torture and other Cruel Treatment and Punishment (1987)and the Convention or Rights of Children (1990) constitute the third generation of human rights. In this categorization,environmental, cultural, and developmental rights are all treated as group rights and constitute the fourth generation of human rights.