Center for Human Rights Studies, RAMANUJAN COLLEGE

The Centre for Human Rights Studies was established in February 2015, under of aegis of the Department of Political Science. The Centre coordinates a three-month UGC-Sponsored Certificate Course on Human Rights. The classes are held only on Sundays. man Rights. The classes are held only on Sundays. Eminent resource persons are invited to deliver lectures on the prescribed syllabus. Students are required to submit a project report along with a Power-Point presentation at the end of the course. They will be given Certificates after the successful completion of the course. In the light of the present gross violations of human rights worldwide, increasing national and international concern for human rights and duties and growing NGO activism for the cause of human rights, the need of the hour is to sensitize the students and spread awareness at large. The Centre for Human Rights Studies is our little step forward to join the global movement to ensure a safe haven for the mankind. The protection and promotion of human rights are likely to become extremely challenging in the years to come. If not given a check-mate through human rights education, sensitization and spreading of awareness, the future of mankind may face a misery of worst order. The Centre for Human Rights Studies endeavors to mitigate this predicament with a resolve to reach out to the under-graduate students and impart them the right orientation to carry forward the essence of human dignity for the generations to come. To generate a sensitive, well-aware, determined and trained cadre of students who will further enlighten their given or chosen surroundings transiting from ‘human’ to ‘humane’ – just like a candle that has the potential to light up thousands of candles. Our mission is Light on Rights. Provide an inter-disciplinary approach and critical insight to contemporary issues of human rights with ethics and values • Introduce undergraduate students of various disciplines to the basic concepts and practices of human rights and duties • Familiarize them with fundamentals of national and international instruments (treaties/conventions) and mechanisms for promotion and protection of human rights • Introduce some of the national and global debates on human rights • Associate with various local, national and international organizations working on human rights • Conduct mass contact programs to spread awareness The Centre has successfully conducted five sessions of three-month Certificate Course on Human Rights. ...view more