Certified Human Rights Law Professional

Basic Concepts

• Significance of Value
• Human Values
• Human Rights
• Characteristics of Human Rights
• Dignity
• Liberty
• Equality
• Justice
• Ethics and Morals
• Unity in Diversity
• The Evolution of Human Rights
• Human Rights Landmarks
• Classification

Perspective of Rights and Duties

• Etymology of Right
• Meaning of a Right
• Analysis of Right
• Natural Rights
• Legal Rights
• Claim Rights and Liberty Rights
• Positive and Negative Rights
• Universal Rights
• Nature and Concept of Duties
• Concept of Duty
• Rights and protections accorded to human rights defenders
• The Duties of States
• Impact of Duty on Society
• Inter Relationship between Rights and Duties

Terminology of Various Legal Instruments

• Note on Legal Instruments
• Treaty
• Bilateral Treaty
• Multilateral Treaty
• Convention and Covenant
• Declaration
• Protocol
• Conference
• Resolutions
• Charter and Statute
• Executive Orders

United Natioins and Human Rights

• An Overview of UN System
• General Assembly
• Security Council
• Secretariat
• Economic And Social Council
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Human Rights in India

• Indian Constitution
• Fundamental Rights
• Specified Fundamental Right
• Unspecified Fundamental Right
• Reservation to Right in the Covenant
• Laws Protecting Women’s Right
• Laws Protecting Children’s Right
• The Rights of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST)
• Repressive Acts
• National Human Rights Commission-NHRC
• State Human Rights Commission –SHRC
• National Commission For Scheduled Castes –NCSC
• National Commission For Scheduled Tribes –NCST
• National Commission For Women (NCW)
• Non – Government Organizations
• Prominent Indian NGO’s
• International NGO’s

Refugees Laws

• Who is Refugee
• Refugees And Other Foreigners
• Refugees In India
• According ‘Refugee Status’
• Evidence Required for Refugee Claim
• India’s International Commitments
• Indian Legal Framework
• Ground Realities
• India’s International Obligations