Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights
Detailed Curriculum
First Year

Trimester - I : Foundation Course
Conceptual and Theoretical Understanding of Human Rights
1.1 Introduction to Human Rights :
Human Rights, Introduction, Definition, Historical Background, Bases and Sources, Idea and Ethos; The UN and its Charter, International Bill of Human Rights, Perspectives on Human Rights and Human Duties, Individual and Human Rights, State Responsibility in International Law, Indian Perspectives on Human Rights, UN Perceptions, Emerging Dimensions in Human Rights, Future Trends for the Third Millennium.

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1.2 Principles and Theories of Human Rights :
Evolution of the Concepts, Theories and Principles, Internationalisation of Human Rights, Theoretical Foundations of Human Rights, Modern Theories of International Human Rights, Political Philosophy, Paradigms of Legal Philosophy, Legal Realism and Critical Theory.

1.3. Culture, Wisdom, Religion, and Human Rights :
Human Rights and Cultural Relativism, Religion and Human Rights, Theological Perspectives, Impacts of the New World Order, UN and the Challenge of Human Rights and Cultural Diversity, Global Pluralism and Diversity, Holistic Humanism, Indian Traditions and Western Imagination; Ecological Wisdom and Human Rights.

1.4 International Relations, Democracy, and Human Rights :
Human Rights and the Theory of International Relations, The Morality of States, International Trusteeship and Decolonisation, Human Rights and Respect for Life, Liberty, Justice and Equity, Political Democracy, Survival of Cultures, Democracy, Peace and Development, Self Determination and Human Rights, Democracy and Education, Global Civil Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities.

Trimester - II : Orientation Course Systems, Organisations and Instruments of Human Rights
2.1 Systems for Protection of Human Rights :
Introduction to Global Systems, The UN System, Assessing International Human Rights Reporting Systems, Regional Human Rights Regimes, The European System for Protection of Human Rights, The European Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Human Rights System, American Convention on Human Rights, The African System of Human and People's Rights, African Charter on Human and People's Rights, Constitutional Protection of Human Rights, International Human Rights through Ombudsman System.

2.2 Organizations Related to Human Rights :
Human Rights Organisations - Structure and Functions, Role of UN and Its Specialised Agencies for the Protection of Human Rights, General Assembly, Security Council, ECOSOC, and UN Commission on Human Rights, The United Nations and National Human Rights Institutions, Regional Commissions on Human Rights.

2.3 Instruments of Human Rights and Covenants :
Historical Antecedents of International Human Rights Law, International Human Rights Provisions, Regional Human Rights Provisions, National Human Rights Provisions, International Bill of Human Rights, Covenants on Human Rights, Human Rights Treaties, Human Rights under National Constitutions, International Covenants on Civil, Political, Social and Cultural Rights.

2.4 1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action :
Evolution of Universal Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Development of Covenants on Civil and Political Rights, Algiers Declaration, Tunis Declaration, Vienna Declaration, Programme of Action based on Vienna Declaration, Comprehensive Implementation and Follow up of Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.

Trimester - III : Integration Course
Contemporary Human Rights Situations and Issues
3.1 Human Rights in Global and Regional Perspectives :
Human Rights as an Issue in World Politics, Global Protection of Human Rights, The Politics of Implementing Rights, Human Rights in the Post Cold War Era, Human Rights in the Contemporary World Society, Bill of Rights for the Twentyfirst Century, Legal and Political Arguments for a United Kingdom Bill of Rights, The United States and International Human Rights, Human Rights in East - West and North - South Relations, Human Rights in the Third World and Developing Countries.

3.2 Promotion, Protection of Human Rights and Prevention of its Violations :
Human Rights - Promotion and Protection, Human Rights as a Legal Ideal, Comparative Protection of Human Rights in Capitalist Developed World and Socialist Third World, Human Rights Violations - Social Contexts and Subjectivities, Genocide and Other Crimes against Humanity - A Problem of International Responsibility, Crime Survey and Prevention, Rights of Disabled Persons, Monetary Compensation for Violation of Human Rights, Creating a Culture of Human Rights.

3.3 State of Human Rights in India :
Genesis of Human Rights in India, Human Rights in Ancient India, Human Rights in Islamic Era, Human Rights in British India, Human Rights and The Constituent Assembly, Human Rights after Independence, Regional Analysis, Right to Equality, Civil Rights, Political Rights, Rights relating to Person, Right to Privacy, Economic and Social Rights, Rights of Minorities, Rights of Suspects, Judicial Protection, Human Rights in India - A Balance Sheet.

3.4 Refugees, Displaced Persons, Immigrants, and Asylum :
Human Rights and Refugees - Problems and Prospects, Uprooted and Displaced Persons, Statelessness, Immigration, Asylum and Anti Foreigner Violence, The Rights of Refugees and Stateless Persons, Rights of Persons Displaced within their own Country, Basic Rights of Refugees in the Global and Indian Context, Refugees in the SAARC Region, Indian Position on the Legal Status of Refugees.

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