Human Rights in Global Context

Paper Code: 
24MIR 324- A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to develop analytical skills to question and appraise human rights policies and practices at the international levels; perceive improvements, discern ambiguities and identify contradictions in the human rights movement; andgain the understanding of the key contemporary challenges in international human rights.

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24MIR 324-A

Human Rights in Global Context

(Theory)

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

CO97: grasp the conceptual concerns of human rights, including understanding definitions, characteristics, and the concept of natural rights.

CO98: analyze various approaches to human rights and classify them based on different generations of rights.

CO99: trace the historical evolution of human rights, including key milestones.

CO100: understand the universalization of human rights through international charters, analyze the role of international bodies and regional arrangements in the protection of human rights, and evaluate the relationship between international human rights law and domestic legal systems, as well as the contributions of NGOs in this field.

CO101: critically examine contemporary human rights issues and analyze the challenges and responses in addressing these issues at the global level.

CO102:Contribute effectively in course specific interaction

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects
 
12.00
Unit I: 
Conceptual concerns

 

Human Rights- conceptual concerns- Definitions, Characteristics, Natural Rights 

12.00
Unit II: 
Approaches and Classification

 

Approaches:, Classification- Generations of Human Rights: First; Second, Third 

12.00
Unit III: 
Evolution

 

Evolution: Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, American Bill of Rights,The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Unit IV: 
Universalisation of Human Rights

 

Universalisation of Human Rights: United Nations Charter, UNDHR, International Bodies for the protection of Human Rights; Regional Arrangements and relation with domestic law, Role of NGOs

12.00
Unit V: 
Contemporary issues

 

Contemporary issues: women& child, war prisoners, refugees and displaced persons

Essential Readings: 

Ø  Agarwal ,H.O,International Law & Human Rights,(2021),Central Law Publications ,U.P ,India

Ø  Encyclopedia of Human Rights : 5 volumes; (2009)Oxford University Press

Ø  ABC Teaching of Human Rights: Centre for Human Rights,(1989), New York: UN Publication,

Ø  Biswal, T. (2006) Human Rights Gender and Environment. New Delhi: Viva Books Private Limited

Ø  O' Byrne, D. J. (2005) Human Rights: An Introduction. Singapore: Pearson Education,

Ø  Mishra, P. (2000) Human Rights Global Issues. Delhi: Kalpaz Publications,

Ø  Baxi, U.,(2006) The Future of Human Rights, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 

References: 

Ø  Ahuja, V.K.,Human Rights: Contemporary Issues ,(2019), Eastern Book Company,India

Ø  Coicaud, J. M.; Doyle, M.W. and Marie, A. (eds.) (2003) The Globalization of Human Rights. New York: United Nations University Press,

Ø  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2005) Human Rights: The New Consensus. London: The Regency Press

Ø  Donnelly, J. (2003). Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice (2nd edn). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Ø  Forsythe, D. P. (2006). Human Rights and International Relations (2nd edn). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ø  Freeman, M. (2002). Human Rights: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Ø  Weiss, T. G. (2007). Humanitarian Intervention: Ideas in Action. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Ø  Welsh, J. M. (ed.) (2004). Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ø  Basu, L.N., Human Rights: Practice and Limitations, Pointer Publications, Jaipur, 2006.

Ø  Brysk, A. (Ed.), Globalization and Human Rights, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA., 2002.

Ø  Donnelly, J. International Human Rights, Third Edition, Westview Press,

Ø  Evans, T.(2006) The Politics of Human Rights: A Global Perspective. Second Edition, Colorado: Pluto Press

Ø  Aswal, B. S.(2007), Human Rights Select International Instruments, New Delhi: Cyber Tech Publications

Academic Year: 
2024-25
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