Diploma in Human Rights

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Duration

3 Years

Level

Diploma After 10+2

Type

Diploma

Eligibility

10+2

Diploma in Human Rights is diploma level Human Rights course. It defines the fundamental rights that humans have by the fact of being human, and that is neither created nor can be abrogated by any government. These are supported by several international conventions and treaties (such as the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human rights in 1948), these include cultural, economic, and political rights, such as right to life, liberty, education and equality before law, and right of association, belief, free speech, information, religion, movement, and nationality. Regarding the duration of this course it is three years. Human Rights refer to rights and fundamental freedoms which are entitled to all human beings, often held to include the human rights to life and human rights to liberty, human rights to freedom of thought and human rights to expression, and human rights to equality before the law. The duration of the course is three years and after its successful passing they have many career options in various fields including further higher edducaton.

Diploma in Human Rights Eligibility

  • Candidates who have cleared their 10+2 or its equivalent exam in any humanities subjects can go for this graduate degree course.

Diploma in Human Rights Syllabus

The following are study related subjects:

Subjects of Study

Concept of Human Rights: Meaning, Definition and Nature and Scope of Human Rights

Theories of Rights: Natural, Liberal, Marxist and Social Theory

Constitutional Perspective: Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and their Co-relation

Constitutional Mechanism for Enforcement of Human Rights: Legislative, Executive and Judiciary

Human Rights Movements in India: National Freedom Movement, Dalit and Women’s Movement

Societal and Political Problems of Human Rights in India: Violence against Women and Children, Terrorism and Regionalism

Statutory Mechanism for Enforcement of Human Rights in India: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and State Human Rights Commissions (SHRCs) – Evolution, Composition and their Roles

Statutory Mechanism for Enforcement of Human Rights in India: National Commission and Committees for SCs/STs, Minorities’ Commission, Women’ Commission – Consumer Rights and Courts

Concepts and Approaches: Concept of Societal Problems and Human Rights

Theoretical approaches to Social problems and Social Changes

Social Problems: Causes and Types: Problems of Hierarchy. Problems of Minorities, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes; Population Explosion; Problems of Aged and Disabled; and Problems of Women

Problems of Working Classes: Definition and Classification of working class; Status and exploitation of working class: (i) Casual Worker’s (ii) Bonded Labour (iii) Agriculture Labour (iv) Migrant Workers (v) Child Labour (vi) Unorganized Labour

Human Rights and Criminal Justice System: Criminal Justice System and Prosecution of Human Rights

Offence involving Human Rights; and Rights of Accrued, Rights of Inmates of Persons and Custodial Homes

Administration of Criminal Justice and Reforms: Administration of Criminal Justice. Ordinary Courts, Special Courts, District Human Rights Courts

Rights to Legal Aid, Punishments and Human Rights; and Reforms in Police and Jails

Environment: Meaning; and Concern for Environment

Historical Perspective; and Pollution and its effects on environment and life on earth

Environment Threats to India: Forest Denudation; and Pollution of Rivers

Indiscriminate Industrial Explosion; Depletion of Rare Species; and Bio-Diversity

Rights to clean environment: Its Content and Scope; Right to Environment v/s Right to Development; and Culprits and Victims

Globalization of the Right: The Planet Earth and Global Commons

Issue of Environmental Protection in Developing Countries: Inter-Generational Equity; Preservation of Natural Resources; Poverty, Illiteracy and environment; and City Dwellers and Villagers

National Regime of Environment Protection: Constitutional Rights and Duties; and Statutory Rights and Duties

 

Diploma in Human Rights Colleges

Diploma in Human Rights Course Suitability

Course is suitable for those who are desirous of liberty, participation in political life, civil and political in nature, and serve to protect the individual from excesses of the state. It helps those who want to serve the society by becoming social activist and want to search social issues. Students of this course are required good communication skills as they have to deal with different types of persons both during their study and career.

How is B.A. in Human Rights Course Beneficial?

Human rights have become one of the indicators for measuring good governance, development and democracy across the systems and governments in the contemporary world. Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, caste, class, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. Candidates can go for teaching fields i.e. post graduation in Human Rights.

Diploma in Human Rights Job Types

  • Coordinator - Human Rights Advocacy Programme
  • Senior Manager - Human Resources
  • Coordinator - Prison Reforms Programme
  • Associate Manager - Human Resources
  • Human Resource Trainee
  • Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Executive - Human Resources (Generalist)
  • Payroll Officer - Human Resource
  • Consultant - Human Resources