FACULTY OF LAWS SYLLABUS FOR UG Diploma in Human Rights & Duties (SEMESTER: I II ) Session: 2014-15 GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY AMRITSAR Note: (i) Copy rights are reserved. Nobody is allowed to print it in any form. Defaulters will be prosecuted. (ii) Subject to change in the syllabi at any time. Please visit the University website time to time.
There will be 3 papers each of 100 marks. There will be 9 lectures per week. 1 Scheme of Study SEMESTER-I Paper I: Paper II: Human Rights: Meaning, Nature and Scope The Core International Conventions on Human Rights
There will be 3 papers each of 100 marks. There will be 9 lectures per week. 2 Scheme of Study SEMESTER-II Paper I: Paper II: Human Rights: The Legislative Framework and the Institutional Mechanism in India Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
3 SEMESTER-I Paper- I: Human Rights: Meaning, Nature and Scope Human Rights: Concept, Types and Sources. Historical Development of Human Rights. 1. The Megna Carta, 1215. 2. The English Bill of Rights, 1689. 3. The American Declaration of Independence, 1776. 4. The French Declaration on the Rights of Man and Citizen, 1789. Human Rights Movements in India (contributions of Raja Ram Mohan Rai, Ishwar Chander Vidya Sagar, B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi).
4 SEMESTER-I Paper II: The Core International Conventions on Human Rights Human Rights Provisions in the U.N. Charter, 1945. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966. Brief overview of optional protocol I and II to International Convention of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Brief overview of other core conventions on Human Rights. 1. Convention on all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), 1979. 2. The Convention against Torture (CAT), 1984. 3. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), 1984.
5 SEMESTER-II Paper I: Human Rights: The Legislative Framework and the Institutional Mechanism in India The Constitutional Provisions 1. Preamble 2. Fundamental Rights 3. Director Principles 4. Fundamental Duties Human Rights Institutions in India 1. National Human Rights Commission 2. State Human Rights Commission 3. Brief reference to commissions for Women, Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribes, Minorities and Children.
6 SEMESTER-II PAPER-II: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Human Rights in India: The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. Judicial Activism and Protection of Human Rights in India. Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Meaning and Concept of Humanitarian Law. Geneva Conventions on the International Humanitarian Law. Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions on Humanitarian Law. Suggested Readings: Paras Diwan and Peeyushi Diwan, Human Rights and the Law, Deep & Deep Publications, New Delhi, 1996. P.S. Jaswal and Nishtha Jaswal, Human Rights and the Law, APH Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1996. B.P.S. Sehgal (Ed), Human Rights in India: Problems and Perspectives Deep & Deep Publications, New Delhi, 1995. G.S. Bajwa, Human Rights in India: Implementation and Violations, Anmol Publications, New Delhi, 1995. Thomas Buergenthal, Human Rights, Butterworths, London, 1979.