Human Rights Training

Human Rights Courses

HRF conducts a range of human rights courses – from the introductory to advanced, from specialised/thematic focused to comprehensive integrated courses. They cover the history, the theory, tools and practical tips and workarounds in the field.

Participants in our courses range from community level human rights defenders (HRDs) to elected constitutional functionaries in local government (Panchayat Presidents) to students and post-doctoral research scholars.

The resource persons are all practitioners with practical experience ranging from judges of high courts, practising lawyers, college professions and everyday HRDs.

Duration: 1-15 days depending on the course requirement.

Customised courses are conducted for academic institutions (schools, colleges and professional institutes), government agencies and other civil society organisations (NGOs, NPOs) on request.

All courses are intensive and practice oriented. Participants must be prepared for focused work.

Course content: Starting from the basics, the course covers …

This is an advanced training of trainers (ToT) course

Introductory course

The introductory course is a two day residential programme on human rights is open to all. It is conducted periodically, according to demand. The objective of this course is to give a comprehensive overview of the legal architecture and state mechanisms for the administration of justice.

Advanced training for HRDs

WORKSHOP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS TO GAIN RIGHTS IN VARIOUS CUSTODIAL INSTITUTIONS . Residential training programme for human rights defenders (HRDs) on various aspects of human rights with specific focus on rights in custodial institutions.

Introductory course

The introductory course is a two day residential programme on human rights is open to all.

It is conducted periodically, according to demand.

The objective of this course is to give a comprehensive overview of the legal architecture and state mechanisms for the administration of justice.

Course content: Starting from the basics, the course covers specific laws and custodial institutions. It provides a few tools for active citizens for engagement.

India – Human Rights and Democracy; – Need for a Democratic Resurgence – A Note by Ossie Fernandes

What is Human rights

Brief history of Human Rights

International Human Rights Laws

Indian constitution

Indian constitution Article – 21 (Protection of life and personal liberty) & 21 A (Right to Education)

Interpretation of Article 21 by various courts

Article 22 (Protection against arrest and detention in certain cases)

Article 36-51 (Directive Principles of State Policy)

Criminal Jurisprudence

Indian Penal Code (certain important aspects)

Crime & Criminal Procedure Code (certain important aspects)

Rights in Prison

Model draft for Prison Reforms

Supreme Court’s direction regarding encounter deaths

Procedures to be followed in custodial deaths

Campaign against death penalty – S.V. Rajadurai

SC/STs (PoA) Amendment Act 2015

Importance of fact finding and tactics to protect Human Rights

Using Public Interest Litigation

Advanced training for HRDs

WORKSHOP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS TO GAIN RIGHTS IN VARIOUS CUSTODIAL INSTITUTIONS

Residential training programme for human rights defenders (HRDs) on various aspects of human rights with specific focus on rights in custodial institutions.

This is an advanced training of trainers (ToT) course that will be useful for middle to senior level HRDs, with some experience.

The medium of instruction, and course material, will be Tamil.

To attend, please contact training@hrf.net.in for the application details.

Last date to receive completed application forms is two weeks before the training