Syllabus

Course Code: HD -405    Course Name: Child and Human Rights

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 1. Definition and Evolution of Rights.
-Human rights: Meaning, Concept, Types, etc.,
-Child rights: Meaning, Concept, Types, etc.,
-Women's rights: Meaning, Concept, Types, etc.,
-Conventions: Meaning, Concept etc.,
2. Status of Indian Children and their rights
Demographic distribution and Gender disparities:
-Infanticide: Meaning, Concept, Prevalence, Prevention, Laws etc.,
-Foeticide: Meaning, Concept, Prevalence, Prevention, Laws etc.,
-Girl child: Meaning, Concept, Prevalence, Prevention, Laws etc.,
Children in difficult circumstances:
-Children of prostitutes: Meaning, Causes, Prevalence, Prevention, Laws etc.,
-Child prostitutes: Meaning, Causes, Prevalence, Prevention, Laws etc.,
-Child labour: Meaning, Causes, Prevalence, Prevention, Needs, Laws etc.,
-Street children: Meaning, Causes, Prevalence, Prevention, Needs, Laws etc.,
-Refugee children: Meaning, Causes, Prevalence, Prevention, Needs, Laws etc.,
-Child victims of war: Meaning, Causes, Prevalence, Prevention, Needs, Laws etc.,
-Children with special needs: Meaning, Causes, Prevalence, Prevention Needs, Laws etc.,
2 3. Status of Women and their Rights
-Status of women in India: Past and Present
-Women and human rights
-Forms of violation of women's rights
-Violence against women at home, workplace and society
-Crimes against women
-Health and nutrition based deprivations
-Political discrimination
-Economic discrimination
3 4. Classification of Human Rights
-Civil rights: Meaning, Types, etc.,
-Political rights: Meaning, Types, etc.,
-Economic rights: Meaning, Types, etc.,
5. Educational rights
-Legal rights: Definition, Types, etc.,
-Social rights: Definition, Types, etc.,
-Cultural rights: Definition, Types, etc.,
-International rights: Definition, Types, etc.,
-Environmental rights: Definition, Types, etc.,
-Developmental rights: Definition, Types, etc.,
4 6. Child Adoption and its Laws:
-Meaning, Types, etc.,
-International convention of human rights
7. Advocacy for Human right
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