HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
COURSE NAME- HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
PRICE- Rs. 399/-
COURSE E-BOOK
AUTHOR – Ms. Surbhi Aggarwal, Advocate (B.A. LLB)
LAWS INVOLVED – International Laws including United Nations Charter, The Constitution of India
TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE:
I. Introduction
a. Nature
b. Origin and Evolution
c. Development of Human Right Regime
II. International Human Rights Law
a. UN Charter
b. UDHR
c. Covenants of 1966
d. Optional Protocols
III. National Human Rights Law
a. Constitutional Provisions
b. Fundamental Rights
c. Directive Principles of State Policy
d. Human Rights Act, 1993
e. NHRC: Composition, Powers and Functions
f. Role of State HRC, NCW, NCM, SC/ST Commission
g. Role of Civil Societies and Media
IV. Group Rights
a. Prisoners
b. Women and Children
c. Indigenous People
d. Disabled
e. Senior Citizens
f. Refugees
BOOKS THAT MAY BE REFERRED:
- Bare Act of the Constitution of India.
- D.D. Basu, Human Rights in Constitutional Law, Lexis Nexis, 2008 (3rd Edn).
- Upendra Baxi, The Future of Human Rights, Oxford University Press, 2012 (3rd Edn).
- Thomas Buergenthal, International Human Rights in a Nutshell, West Publisher Company, 2009 (4th Edn).
- Henry Steiner & Philip Alston, International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals: Text and Materials, Oxford University Press, 2008.
- S. K. Kapoor, International Law and Human Rights, Central Law Agency, 2014.
- M. K. Sinha, Implementation of Basic Human Rights, Lexis Nexis, 2013.