Under Section 2(1)(f) of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, the words "International Covenants"…

Section 2(1)(f) of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 defines "International Covenants" as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, both adopted by the UN General Assembly on 16 December 1966 (and, since the 2019 amendment, any other Covenant or Convention that the Central Government notifies), so the definition takes in both Covenants, not either one alone. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is not part of it. "Human rights" itself is defined separately in section 2(1)(d) as the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India.