Date : 22 November 2014
SUB THEMES OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME
Session 1 – Introduction to Human Rights
• Constitutional provisions
• Universal declaration on Human Rights, 1948
• International Covenants regarding Human Rights
Session 2 – Human Rights Institutions in India
• Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
• Composition and Functioning of NHRC/SHRCs
• Other National /State Commissions
Session 3 – Rights of Women and Children
•UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1979 (CEDAW) and its optional protocols
•UN Convention on Rights of Child, 1989 and its optional protocols
Session 4 – Rights of other vulnerable groups
• Bonded Labour issues and the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
• Child Labour issues and Child Labour (prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
• SC/ST issues and Schedules Caste and Schedules Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
• Civil Liberties Act, 1988 and the Forest Rights Act, 2006
Interested Participants shall register by sending an email regarding the same on [email protected] on or before 10 November 2014.
Link : http://rgnul.ac.in/fwb.pdf