Human Rights Course – Career in Human Rights

Introduction to Human Rights:
The need for human rights education has been emphasized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international documents and treaties. Provisions from these instruments state that human rights education consists of efforts to build a universal culture of human rights through the imparting of knowledge and skills and the moulding of attitudes.

Such education should be directed towards:-
. Strengthening respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms;
. Fully developing the human personality and its sense of dignity;
. Promoting understanding, tolerance, gender equality and friendship among all nations, indigenous peoples and racial, national, ethnic, religious and linguistic groups;
. Enabling everyone to participate effectively in a free society;
. Furthering United Nations activities for maintaining peace.

Institutes/ Colleges/ Academy:
Human Rights course is conducted in (Distance Learning):
Indian Institute of Human Rights (IIHR)- New Delhi

Objectives of the course:
1. To help reduce human rights violations and contribute to building free, peaceful societies.
2. To teach, the "common language of humanity" to people everywhere.
3. To apply vocabulary and meaning through education.
4. To promote and encourage respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, without regard to race, sex, language or religion, have ranged from standard-setting to monitoring, from facilitating international dialogue and cooperation to providing technical assistance, and from commissioning technical studies to deploying large-scale peace keeping missions; the universal stands, international mechanisms, and an ethical and legal foundation of rights and responsibilities of nations and peoples.

Eligibility:
The eligibility for the course is Graduation in any discipline.

Duration:
The duration for the Human rights course is 2 years. It is conducted via correspondence for distance learning.

Fees:
The fees for the course is:
First Year Fee (for Indian Students) Rs.4825.00/

Second Year Fee (for Indian Students) Rs.4800.00/

Diploma/Certificate:
The course is Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights. (PGPHR)

Recognition (University Board):
PGPHR of Indian Institute of Human Rights is recognised by the following universities at par with their Master's Degree.
1. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
2. Kuvempu University, Shimoga, Karnataka
3. Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
4. Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka
5. Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka
6. Patna University, Patna, Bihar
7. Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
8. Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh
9. Birsa Agriculture University Ranchi, Jharkhand
10. Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
11. Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
12. Chanakya Law University, Patna
13. The Global Open University, Nag land

Career path:
Participants completing the Two Years Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights may find suitable openings in the following fields:
1. International Organisations including United Nations and its specialised bodies like UNHCR, UNESCO, UNHCHR, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, ILO, UNIFEM, UNDCP etc.
2. International Bodies like US Aid, Amnesty International, Red Cross, CRY, CARE, Lutheran World Service, YMCA, YWCA, Ford Foundation, IDRC, JICA, NORAD, DANIDA, WFP, Action Aid, Oxfam etc.
3. Legal aid and other Human Rights Centres under the control of Central and State Governments. Statutory Bodies like National and State Commissions on Women, Children, Human Rights, Labour, Welfare, Minorities, SC & ST
4. Military, Paramilitary and Police Departments.
5. Panchayati Raj Institutions.
6. Schools, Colleges and Universities including Research Bodies and Centres of Excellence.
7. District Rural Development Agencies and District Urban Development Agencies
8. Human Rights Consultancy Organisations run by Lawyers and Legal Experts.
9. Child Abuse, Women Reformation Centres, Prisons, Homes for the Homeless etc.
10. Social Service Organisations like Old Age Homes and Age Care Centres, NGOs working in the fields of Disabled and Handicapped, Orphans, Destitute, Mentally Retarded.

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