UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

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Human Rights
THREE-YEAR B.A.
GENERAL
DEGREE COURSE OF STUDIES

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I 1 CC, AECC, SEC, DSE Credit
Point
HR-G- Introduction to Human Rights: Jurisprudence, Norms, 4
CC/GE - Standards and Mechanisms
1-1 -TH
HR-G- Practical on any chosen topic from Core – HR-G-CC/GE -1 - 2
CC/GE- TH
1-1-P
2
HR-G- Promotion of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 4
CC/GE -
2-2 -TH
HR-G- Practical on any chosen topic from Core – HR-G-CC/GE -2 - 2
CC/GE - TH
2- 2- P
II 3
HR-G- Refugee Law and Specially Disadvantaged Sections of Society 4
CC/GE - in India
3- 3- TH
HR-G- Practical on any chosen topic from Core – HR-G-CC/GE -- 3- 2
CC/GE - TH
3- 3-P
HR-G- Development, International Trade and Human Rights 2
SEC-A-
3-1
4
HR-G- Emerging Dimensions of Human Rights and Evolution Of 4
CC/GE - The Concept Of Human Rights And Duties In India
4-4- TH
HR-G- Practical on any chosen topic from Core – HR-G-CC/GE -4- 2
CC/GE - TH
4- 4-P
HR-G- Societal Problems of Human Rights in India 2
SEC-B-4
-1
III 5
HR-G- Human Rights and Duties in India: Normative Framework, 4
DSE-A- Constitution and Statutory Mechanisms
5-1-TH
HR-G- Practical on any chosen topic from HR-G-DSE-A-5-1-TH 2
DSE-A-
5-1- P
HR-G- Children and Human Rights 4
DSE-A-

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 5-2-TH
HR-G- Practical on any chosen topic from HR-G-DSE-A-5-2-TH 2
DSE-A-
5-2-P

HR-G-5- Human Rights Education, Teaching and Training 2

SEC-A-
(2)-TH
6
HR-G- Human Rights Movements and Criminal Justice System in 4
DSE-B- India
6-1-TH
HR-G- Practical on any chosen topic from HR-G-DSE-B-6-1-TH 2
DSE-B-
6-1-P
HR-G- Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward 4
DSE-B- Classes
6-2-TH
HR-G- Practical on any chosen topic from HR-G-DSE-B-6-2-TH 2
DSE-B-
6-2-P
HR-G-6- Environment and Human Rights 2
SEC-B-
(2)

1. AEC courses are included in the gradation

2. At least 50 lectures of an hour duration should be allotted for 4 credit theoretical course and 2
credit practical course.

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 HUMAN RIGHTS - GENERAL COURSE
Semester 1

HR-G-CC/GE -1-1 -TH Introduction to Human Rights: Jurisprudence, Norms, Standards

and Mechanisms 4

A. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DUTIES: JURISPRUDENCE

i) Philosophical and historical foundation of human rights and duties
ii) Theories of rights
iii)Concept and classifications of human rights and duties
iv) Human rights and duties
(a) Correlation of rights and duties/responsibilities
(b) Tensions between rights inter se, duties inter se, and rights and duties
v) Importance of internalizing human rights and duties:
vi) Urgent need for not only sensitizing others of human rights and duties, but of practicing oneself
those values: self-inculcation, endeavour to live up to those ideals - Duty to respect others' rights,
respect each other's human dignity.

B. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS: NORMS, STANDARDS AND MECHANISMS

i) Evolution of human rights and duties on the international plane
ii) The United Nations Charter and the development of human rights Provisions of the Charter,
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights 1966 and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, and other
major UN instruments on human rights (Conventions on Racial Discrimination, Women's Rights,
Rights of the Child, Torture)

HR-G-CC/GE- 1-1-P … Practical on any chosen topic from HR-G-CC/GE -1-1 -TH 2

AECC 1. English Communication 2

Semester 2

HR-G-CC/GE -2-2 -TH Promotion of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

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A. UNITED NATIONS FOR PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND REGIONAL HUMAN
RIGHTS STANDARDS AND MECHANISMS
i) UN bodies involved in promotion of human rights - Economic and Social Council, UN
Commission on Human Rights and its sub-commissions on women, minorities, etc., General
Assembly, Human Rights Committee and other committees under the various conventions, ILO,
UNESCO, WHO, FAO.
ii) European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights 1950 and institutions
iii) Latin American standards and mechanisms for protection of human rights
iv) African standards and mechanisms for protection of human rights
v) ASEAN Declaration of Human Rights

B. INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

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 i) Evolution of IHL since the mid-nineteenth century: IHL conventions 1864, 1899 1907, 1929, and
1949, 1977 Geneva Protocols II & I.
ii) Basic principles: humanity, protection of civilians and civilian objects, humane treatment of
prisoners and civilians under custody, prohibition of use of weapons and methods of warfare,
causing superfluous injury and unnecessary suffering, prohibition of widespread, long-term and
severe damage to natural environment.
iii) Indian Geneva Conventions Act 1949: Indian Red Cross Society
iv) The role of International Committee of Red Cross

HR-G-CC/GE -2- 2- P Practical on any chosen topic from HR-G-CC/GE -2-2 -TH 2

AECC 2: Environmental Science 2

Semester 3

HR-G-CC/GE -3- 3- TH Refugee Law and Specially Disadvantaged Sections of Society in

India 4

A. INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW

i) Problem of refugees and displaced persons through the ages
ii) The United Nations and the refugee problem
iii) Refugee Convention 1951, Protocol 1967, Convention on the Stateless Persons 1951 - The core
issues of the 'right' to seek and receive asylum, right of nonrefoulement (non-return)
iv) Role of UN High Commissioner for Refugees

B. HUMAN RIGHTS OF SPECIALLY DISADVANTAGED SECTIONS OF SOCIETY IN INDIA

i) Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes
ii) Minorities
iii) Women and Children
iv) Disabled Individuals
v) The Elderly, ‘Aged’, Aging and Human Rights

HR-G-CC/GE -3- 3- P Practical on any chosen topic from Core – HR-G-CC/GE -3- 3- TH 2

HR-G-SEC-A-3-1 Development, International Trade and Human Rights 2

i) Right to development: Issues of international equity and justice, equitable sharing of sharable
resources and common amenities, equitable access to benefits of science and technology
ii) Freedom of international trade, most-favoured nation treatment (equality of treatment) versus
special treatment of the developing countries, access to international markets, equitable pricing of
raw materials

Semester 4

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HR-G-CC/GE -4-4- TH Emerging Dimensions of Human Rights and Evolution of the
Concept of Human Rights and Duties in India 4

A. EMERGING DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

i) National Sovereignty versus 'international enforcement' of human rights, International
ii) politics of human rights and selective application of international sanctions, Unilateral use of
coercion and implementation of human rights
iii) Human rights, and science and technology
iv) Human rights violations by non-state entities such as corporations, other business entities,
terrorists and other armed groups, militant religious groups, professional groups (doctors,
lawyers, etc.)
v) New rights: right to a future and rights of future generations, rights to peace (and disarmament),
rights to clean environment

B. EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DUTIES IN INDIA

i) Evolution of the composite culture of India, contribution of diverse religions
ii) Concepts of human welfare, rights and duties, totality of the cosmology of universe with human
beings as its intrinsic part
iii) Human rights and duties in contemporary India: Law, politics and society
iv) Social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, independence movement, Gandhi, Nehru,
Ambedkar etc.
v) Making of the Constitution

HR-G-CC/GE -4-4- P Practical on any chosen topic from HR-G-CC/GE -4-4- TH 2

HR-G-SEC-B-4 -1 Societal Problems of Human Rights in India 2

i) Core problems: poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, socio-cultural-religious practices resulting in
grave human rights deprivations
ii) Domestic Violence and intimate Partner’s violence
iii) corruption
iv) terrorism
v) Labour welfare legislation in India
vi) Problems of bonded labour, exploitation of child labour, female labour and
vii) unorganized labour
viii) Communal and caste conflicts and tensions
ix) violence against women and children, both inside and outside homes
x) Custodial violence

Semester 5

HR-G-DSE-A-5-1-TH Human Rights and Duties in India: Normative Framework,

Constitution and Statutory Mechanisms
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A. NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DUTIES IN INDIA

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 i) Constitutional perspective: Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, Fundamental Duties, and
their interrelationships
ii) Statutory protection of human rights

B. ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS: CONSTITUTION AND STATUTORY

MECHANISMS IN INDIA
i) Legislature, executive, and judiciary
ii) National Human Rights Commission, other commissions and committees
iii) Social, economic, political and administrative problems of enforcement

HR-G-DSE-A-5-1-P Practical on any chosen topic from HR-G-DSE-A-5-1-TH 2

HR-G-DSE-A-5-2-TH Children and Human Rights

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1. STATUS OF CHILD IN CONTEMPORARY INDIAN SOCIETY
(i) Impact of problems of poverty and illiteracy
(ii) Social and cultural practices regarding girl child: foeticide, child marriage
(iii) Child labour (in informal sectors), forced labour, sale of children
(iv) Child abuse inside and outside homes, trafficking in children, children and custodial crimes
(v) Street children: child and crime

2. INTERNATIONAL NORMS FOR PROTECTION OF THE CHILD

(i) ILO conventions on restrictions and prohibition on child labour including ILO Convention
on Child Labour 1999
(ii) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, Optional Protocol on the Involvement of
Children in Armed Conflict, and Optional Protocol on Sale of Children, Child Prostitution
and Child Pornography 2000, Declaration of Social and Legal Principles relating to the
Protection and Welfare of Children with Special Reference to Foster Placement and
Adoption 1986
(iii) World Summit for Children: Declaration and Plan of Action

3. INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND PROTECTION OF THE CHILD

(i) Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles under the Indian Constitution
(ii) Special Protection for the child: Article 15(3), Article 24, Article 39 (e) & (f), Article 45

4. SPECIAL LAWS AND POLICIES FOR PROTECTION OF THE CHILD

(iii) Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986, Children (Pledging of Labour) Act
1933, Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1956, Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929,
Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act 1956,
Children's Act 1960, Orphanages and Other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control)
Act 1960, Juvenile Justice Acts 1986 and 2000
(iv) Government Policies

HR-G-DSE-A-5-2-P: Practical on any chosen topic from HR-G-DSE-A-5-2-TH 2

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HR-G-5-SEC-A-(2)-TH Human Rights Education, Teaching and Training 2

Human Rights Education, Tehran Conference 1968, Vienna Conference 1993, Role of the Central and
State Governments in Promoting Human Rights Education; UNESCO and Its Role in Human Rights
Education for Social Change; Human Rights Education in India and UN Decade for Human Rights
Education (1995 - 2004); Human Rights and Value Education, Role of Government and Non-
Governmental Organisations; Human Rights Teaching at School, College and University Levels; Human
Rights Education : The Legal Perspective; Research Priorities in Human Rights; Peace Keeping and
Training of International Civil Servants. Mandela Law (The World as it Could Be)

Semester 6

HR-G-DSE-B-6-1-TH Human Rights Movements and Criminal Justice System in India

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1. HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENTS IN INDIA
i) National freedom movement
ii) Social and political movements
iii) Dalit movements
iv) Women's movements
v) Environmental movements

2. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA

i) Criminal justice system and protection of human rights : treatment of individuals in
ii) situations of crime
iii) Human rights of the accused
iv) Legal aid
v) Police, criminal investigation, custodial crimes
vi) Crimes (including custodial crimes) against women and children
vii) Reform in jails/juvenile homes

HR-G-DSE-B-6-1-P Practical on any chosen topic from HR-G-DSE-B-6-1-TH 2

HR-G-DSE-B-6-2-TH Protection of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other

Backward Classes

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1) Status of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes in Indian Society:
(a) The four castes/Varnas: theory and practice
(b) Issues of social and economic inequality in Indian society, Role of social reformers (Gandhi,
Ambedkar and others), Social and economic equality versus freedom from foreign rule

2) Indian Constitution and Protection of SCs/STs and OBCs

(a) Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles under the Constitution
(b) Special protection under Article 15 (4), Article 16 (4) & (4-A), Article 17, Article 29(1), Article

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 46, Articles 334 335, 338, 339, 340, 341, & 342, Fifth and Sixth Schedules

3) Special Laws for Protection of SCs/STs and OBCs

(a) Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955
(b) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989
(c) Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act 1999
(d) Other relevant legal provisions
(e) Policies of Government, reservations, quotas, special drives

4) Institutional Mechanisms for Protection of SCs/STs, and OBCs:

(a) Constitutional Mechanisms: Legislature, Executive, Judiciary
(b) National Commissions, State Commissions
(c) Non-Governmental Organizations
(d) The Information Media
(e) Role of education

HR-G-DSE-B-6-2-P: Practical on any chosen topic from HR-G-DSE-B-6-2-TH 2

HR-G-6-SEC-B-(2) Environment and Human Rights 2

i) Environment, Resources and Human Rights
ii) Environmental rights ; social movements for protection of environment and ecology; role of
various institutions like pollution Control Board; Indian environmental laws – an assessment;
Green Tribunal and role of supreme court; Forest Policies and Acts
iii) Right to Development and its various dimensions ; debate around inclusive growth; movement
against big dams- case study of Narmada Bachao movement; Sardar Sarobar Project

Select Bibliography/References

GENERAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS

Primary Sources
UN Centre for Human Rights, Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on
Religion or Belief (New York: UN Publication Division, 1989).UN Centre for Human Rights, Human
Rights Machinery (Geneva: World Campaign for Human Rights, 1987).
UN Centre for Human Rights, International Human Rights Standards for Law Enforcement (Geneva:
World Campaign for Human Rights, 1996).
UN Centre for Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Geneva: World
Campaign for Human Rights, 1992).UN Centre for Human Rights, National Institutions for the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (Geneva: World Campaign for Human Rights, 1993).
UN Centre for Human Rights, Special Issue on Implementation of International Human Rights
Instruments (New York, 1990).

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UN Centre for Human Rights, The International Bill of Human Rights (Geneva: World Campaign for
Human Rights, 1996).
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, An Introduction: Making Human Rights a Reality (New
York: UN Publication Division, 1996).
UN World Campaign for Human Rights, The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (Geneva:
UN Publication Division, 1990).
UN, Declaration of the Right to Development (New York: UN Department of Public Information, 1988).
UN, Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Developments (New York: UN Department of
Public Information, 1982).
UN, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948-1998 (New York: UN Department of Public
Information, 1998).
UN, United Nations Action in the Field of Human Rights (New York: UN Publication Division, 1994).
UN, United Nations and Human Rights (New York: UN Publication Division, 1984).
UN, World Conference on Human Rights: The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (New
York: UN, 1995).
UNESCO, Human Rights: Major International Instruments: Status as at 31 May 1999 (Paris:UNESCO,
1999).
UNESCO, International Dimensions of Humanitarian Law (Paris: UNESCO, 1988).
UNESCO, Philosophical Formulations of Human Rights (Paris: UNESCO, 1986).

UNESCO, Taking Action for Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century (Paris: UNESCO, 1998).

UNESCO, UNESCO and Human Rights (Paris: UNESCO, 1999).

UNHRC, Collection of International Instruments and other Legal Texts Concerning Refugees and
Displaced Persons (UNHRC, 1995).

Secondary Sources
Alston, Phillip, ed., The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal (Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1992).
------------, The United Nations and Human Rights (London: Clarendon Press, 1995). Ankumah, Evelyn
A., The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights: Practice and Procedures (The Hague:
Martinus Nijhoff, 1996).
An-Na’zm, A. and Francis Deng, ed., Human Rights in Africa: Cross Cultural Perspectives (Washington:
Brooking Institution, 1990).
Banton, Michael, International Action against Racial Discrimination (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996).
Bassiouni, M. Cherif, Crimes against Humanity (Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, 1987).

Bloed, A. and others, Monitoring Human Rights in Europe (Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, 1993).

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Buergenthal, T. and D. Shelton, Protecting Human Rights in the Americas (Strasburg: 1995).

Buergenthal, T. and R. Norris, Human Rights under the Inter-American System (New York: Dobbs
Ferry, 1983).
Carey, J., U.N. Protection of Civil and Political Rights (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1970).
Cassase, A., ed., Human Rights: Thirty Years after the Universal Declaration (1979).
Cassese, J., Human Rights in Changing World (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990).
Davidson, Scot, The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Aldershot: Dartmouth, 1992).
Del Russo, A.L., International Protection of Human Rights (Washington: Lerner Law Books, 1971).
Falk, Richard, Human Rights and the State Sovereignty (New York: Halmes and Meiser Publishers,
1981).

Ganji, M., International Protection of Human Rights (Geneva: Droz, 1962).

Harris, D.S., The European Social Charter (Charlottesville, 1984). Hurst, Hannum, Guide to International
Human Rights Practice (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984).

Jacobs, Francis G. and R.C.A. White, The European Convention on Human Rights (Oxford:Clarendon
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Human Rights under International Law and Indian Law (Allahabad: Central Law Agency, 1999).
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Hague:Martinus Nijhoff, 1977).
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Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, 1980).
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Mahmood, Tahir, ed., Human Rights in Islamic Law (New Delhi: Genuine Publications, 1993).
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Process (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986).
Mishra, Pramod, ed., Human Rights: Global Issues (Delhi: Kalpaz Publications, 2000).

Mohanti, M., Peoples Rights (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998).

Nagendra Singh, Enforcement of Human Rights (Calcutta : E L House, 1986).

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Martinus Nijhoff, 1986).

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Nirmal, B.C., Rights of Self Determination in International Law: Evolution, UN Law and Practice, New
Dimensions (New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications, 1999). Nizami, Z.A and Devika Paul, ed., Human
Rights in the Third World Countries (Delhi: Kirs Publications, 1994).
Paine, T., The Right of Man (1791).
Pandey, V.P., International Perspectives on Human Rights (New Delhi: Mohit Publications, 1999).
Rai, Rahul, Human Rights: UN Initiatives (Delhi: Authorspress, 2000). Ramcharan, B.G., The Concept
and Present Status of International Protection of Human Rights (Doredrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, 1989).
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Raphdel, D.D., Political Theory and the Rights of Man (London: Macmillan, 1967).
Sachs, Aaron, Eco-Justice: Linking Human Rights and the Environment (Washington D.C.: Worldwatch
Institute, 1995).
Saksena, K.P., ed., Human Rights in Asia: Problems and Perspectives (New Delhi: HURITER, 1984).
------------, Human Rights: Perspectives and Challenges (New Delhi: Lancers Books, 1994).
Scobb, Harry M. and Laurie Wizeberg, ed., Access to Justice: Struggle for Human Rights in South-East
Asia (Washington D.C.: Human Rights Internet, 1984).
Singh, N.K., Social Justice and Human Rights in Islam (New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 1999).
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Publications, 2000).
------------, Implementation of Basic Human Rights (New Delhi: Manak Publications, 1999).

Szabo, I. and others, Socialist Concept of Human Rights (Budapest, 1966).

Tolley, H. Jr., The UN Commission on Human Rights (Colorado: Westview Press, 1987).

Tuck, R., Natural Rights Theories: Their Origin and Development (1979). Vadkar, Praveen, International
Relations, Democracy and Human Rights (New Delhi: Rajat Publications, 2000).

Verma, R.S., Human Rights: Burning Issues of the World, Volumes I, II and III (Delhi: Radiant
Publishers, 2000).
Vijapur, A.P., ed., Essays on International Human Rights (New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 1991).
-----------, ed., The United Nations at Fifty: Studies in Human Rights (New Delhi: South Asian Publishers,
1996).
Waldron, Jeremy, Theories of Rights (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990).
Welch Jr., Claude E. and Virginia A. Leary, Asian Perspectives on Human Rights (Oxford: Westview
Press, 1990).
Winston, Morton E., The Philosophy of Human Rights (Belmont: Wadworth, 1989).

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NATIONAL/INDIAN CONTEXTS

Primary Sources
Asian Human Rights Commission, Asian Human Rights Charter: A People’s Charter (Hong Kong, 1998).
Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Bibliography on Human Rights (Ottawa: HRREC, 1985).
ILO, Migrant Workers (Geneva: International Labour Office, 1974).
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UN Centre for Human Rights, Discrimination against Women (Geneva: World Campaign for Human
Rights, 1994).
UN Centre for Human Rights, Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (Geneva: World Campaign for
Human Rights, 1991).
UN Centre for Human Rights, Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and hildren
(Geneva: World Campaign for Human Rights, 1995). UN Centre for Human Rights, Minority Rights
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UN Centre for Human Rights, National Human Rights Institutions: A Handbook on the Establishment
and Strengthening of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (New York:
UN Publication Division, 1995).
UN Centre for Human Rights, National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
(Geneva: World Campaign for Human Rights, 1993).
UN Centre for Human Rights, Outlawing and Ancient Evil: Torture (Geneva: World Campaign for
Human Rights, 1985).
UN Centre for Human Rights, Study on the Rights of Persons Belonging to Ethnic, Religious and
Linguistic Minorities (New York: UN Publication Division, 1991). UN Centre for Human Rights, The
Right to Migratory Workers (Geneva: World Campaign for Human Rights, 1996).
UN Centre for Human Rights, The Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Geneva: World Campaign for Human
Rights, 1997).
UN Centre for Human Rights, The Rights of the Child (Geneva: World Campaign for Human Rights,
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Internally Displaced Persons Compilation and Analysis of
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous People (Geneva: UN
Publication Division, 1997).
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sexual Exploitation of Children (Geneva: UN Publication
Division, 1996).
UN, Action for Gender Equality and the Advancement of Women (New York: UN Department of Public
Information, 2000).

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UN, Human Rights and Disabled Persons (Geneva: World Campaign for Human Rights, 1993).
UN, Human Rights: Questions and Answers (New York: UN Publication Division, 1987). UN, Model
National Legislation for the Guidance of Governments in the Enactment of Further Legislation against
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