Rural Economy and Cooperation - Loyola College

SW 3993 : Human Rights: International PerspectiveObjectives: Total Hours: 45• To make the students understand the International Perspectives with regard to Human Right• To enable the student to understand the basic concept, principles and issues associated withHuman Rights at the International level• To facilitate an understanding of the working of International Human Rights bodies..UNIT ITheoretical framework for Human Rights: Development of the concept of Human Rights- A historicalperspective- Liberty, Equality and Justice- Universality and Indivisibility of Human Rights(9 hours)UNIT IIDevelopments after Second World War (UDHR & Covenants): UN charter- Universal declaration ofHuman Rights- Declaration on Elimination of Racial Discrimination 1963 & Convention onElimination of Racial Discrimination 1965- International Covenants, 1966 & Optional Protocols toICCPR.(9 hours)UNIT IIIInternational Standards: Convention on Refugees, 1951& Protocol 1967- Convention on the all formsof discrimination against women-1979& Violence Against Women 1994-Conventions on the Rights ofthe Children-1989; Optional Protocols & UNGASS 2003 – Convention Against Torture, 1984-Convention on Migrants, 1990.(9 hours)UNIT IVInternational Monitoring Mechanisms: The UN Commission on Human Rights – From Commission toCouncil- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights- UN Special Procedure: Country Rapporteurs &Thematic Procedures- International Criminal Court- European, Inter-American and African HumanRight Systems System(9 hours)UNIT VHuman Right Violations: Monitoring Documentation: Amnesty International – Human Rights Watch –Anti Slavery International – International Committee on Red Cross – Oxfam – Peoples Movement forHuman Rights Education.(9 hours)PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com