Week 1
1. Introduction to National Human Rights Protection System
2. Human Rights Provisions in the Constitution-I
3. Human Rights Provisions in the Constitution-II
Week 2:
4. Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties
5. Relationship between Constitutional Law and International Human Rights Law
Week 3:
6. Introduction to Public Interest Litigation
7. PIL – Prisoner’s Rights
Week 4:
8. PIL – Environment I
9. PIL – Environment II
Week5:
10. PIL – Gender Justice
11. PIL – Bonded Labour
12. Human Rights Courts in India
Week 6:
13. Role of Legislature in the Protection of Human Rights
14. Role of Executive in the Protection of Human Rights
15. Introduction to Paris Principles
Week 7:
16. Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
17. National Human Rights Commission
18. Activities of the National Human Rights Commission
19. Critical evaluation of the National Human Rights Commission
Week 8:
20. National Commission for Women - I
21. National Commission for Women - II
22. National Commission for Scheduled Castes - I
Week 9:
23. National Commission for Scheduled Castes - II
24. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes - I
25. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes - II
Week 10:
26. National Commission for Minorities - I
27. National Commission for Minorities - II
Week 11:
28. National Commissions for Protection of Child Rights – I
29. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights - II
30. Legal framework for the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities
Week 12:
31. Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
32. National Safai Karamchari Commission
33. Right to Information Act
Week 13:
34. Central Information Commission
35. National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic & Semi-Nomadic Tribes
36. Role of Higher Educational Institutions & Trade Unions in the Protection of Human Rights
Week 14:
37. Role of NGOs in the Protection of Human Rights - I
38. Role of NGOs in the Protection of Human Rights – II
Week 15:
39. Role of NGOs in the Protection of Human Rights - III
40. Role of Media in the Protection of Human Rights
Prof. (Dr.) Y.S.R. Murthy assumed
charge as the First Vice Chancellor of RV University recently. As a former
civil servant from the 1985 batch of IAS and Allied Services, he held many
responsible and sensitive assignments including in the National Human Rights
Commission, Prime Minister’s Office, President’s Secretariat and Cabinet
Secretariat. Between 2009 and 2020, Dr. Murthy steered the O.P. Jindal Global
University during its rapid expansion phase as a part of its top
leadership team as the Registrar. He contributed to its rise in international
rankings and becoming an Institution of Eminence (IOE).
He served in the National Human Rights Commission of India in various capacities for over 12 years including as the Director, Policy Research, Programmes and Projects Division. He spearheaded the Commission’s advocacy and monitoring efforts, among others, in the areas of public health, HIV/AIDS and rights of persons with disabilities.
Prof. Murthy has published
several books, book chapters and journal articles. His books on
`Halsbury’s Laws of India - Human Rights’ and `Human Rights Handbook’ were
published by LexisNexis Butterworths. He
edited NHRC’s Annual Journal on Human Rights for several years.
He holds a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in Statistics from the University of
Madras, M.A. degree in Human Rights from the University of London and Ph.D.
degree from the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai. He secured
University First Rank in M.Sc. and also the prestigious British Chevening
Fellowship.
Dr. Murthy has been elected as the Vice President of Indian Society of
International Law (ISIL) for a three-year term between 2018 and 2021. He is a
National Coordinator of SWAYAM, besides being a Member of the Association of
British Scholars. In 2019, Dr. Murthy was appointed as the Member, Haryana
State Higher Education Council. He is consulted by the Government of Kerala,
IGNOU, JNU, Delhi University and some prominent human rights organisations.
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