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Human Rights Law Complete Course

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This comprehensive course covers Human Rights Law and Practice in depth, detailing the foundational concepts, international treaties, and domestic enforcement mechanisms. You will study key international instruments including the ICCPR, ICESCR, and UN regional human rights bodies alongside India's Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. The video also delivers a rigorous examination of landmark judgments by the Supreme Court of India and international tribunals on equality, prisoners' rights, non-refoulement, and constitutional safeguards. In this video you will learn: • Understand the distinction between human rights and fundamental rights, dualism, and treaty incorporation. • Master the sources of international human rights law, jus cogens norms, and state responsibility doctrines. • Learn the architecture of the UN human rights system, charter bodies, UPR, and treaty-monitoring committees. • Analyze the regional protective mechanisms under the ECtHR and Inter-American Court of Human Rights. • Examine core international conventions including ICCPR, ICESCR, CEDAW, CRC, and CAT. • Understand the composition, functions, and limitations of the NHRC, SHRCs, and Human Rights Courts under PHRA 1993. • Review landmark Indian precedents on undertrial rights, custodial deaths, livelihood, and encounter killings. • Explore modern frontiers of human rights including AI regulation, corporate accountability, and transgender rights. Important case laws: • Jolly George Varghese v Bank of Cochin • Vishaka v State of Rajasthan (1997) • Prosecutor v Anto Furundžija (1998) • Al-Adsani v United Kingdom (2001) • Additional District Magistrate, Jabalpur v Shivkant Shukla (1976) • K.S. Puttaswamy v Union of India (2017) • Velásquez-Rodríguez v Honduras (1988) • D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (1996) • Lt. Col. Nitisha v. Union of India (2021) • Hussainara Khatoon v. Home Secretary, State of Bihar (1979) • Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation (1985) • People's Union for Civil Liberties v. State of Maharashtra (2014) • National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India (2014) • Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018) • Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration (1978) Statutory provisions discussed: • Article 21, Constitution of India • Article 253, Constitution of India • Article 38, Statute of the International Court of Justice • Article 53, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties • Article 4, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights • Article 359, Constitution of India • Article 7, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights • Article 26, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties • Section 2(d), Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 • Section 3, Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 • Section 18, Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 • Section 18A, Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989 • Section 377, Indian Penal Code • Section 479, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Useful for: LL.B. (3-year and 5-year integrated), UGC NET Law, CLAT PG, University semester exams and Judiciary aspirants. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Human Rights 03:28 Fundamental Rights versus Human Rights 10:38 Application of Treaties in Indian Courts 17:15 Jus Cogens and Peremptory Norms 22:18 Reservations to Human Rights Treaties 33:09 Three Generations of Human Rights 36:27 Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and State Responsibility 48:25 Emergency Derogations and Non-Derogable Rights 53:29 Prohibition of Torture and Non-Refoulement 01:00:29 Limitations on Rights and Proportionality Test 01:05:43 UN Framework and Universal Declaration 01:12:45 Human Rights Council and UPR Mechanism 01:18:59 UN Treaty Bodies and Communications 01:24:46 European and Inter-American Regional Systems 01:31:19 Core Treaties ICCPR and ICESCR 01:40:20 Non-Discrimination and Article 26 ICCPR 01:48:29 Direct Indirect and Systemic Discrimination 01:59:38 Torture Prohibition and Genocide Convention 02:05:18 Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 02:15:25 Indian Judicial Enforcement and Public Interest Litigation 02:23:34 Special Protective Enactments in India 02:30:39 National Commissions for SCs and STs 02:46:21 Transgender Rights and Decriminalization of Section 377 02:53:42 Prisoners Rights and Custodial Safeguards 03:03:54 Course Revision and Exam Strategy Notes and study material: https://www.thelaweasy.com #HumanRightsLaw #UGCNETLaw #CLATPG #LLB #LawEasy

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Vishaka vs State of Rajasthan

Supreme Court of India · 1997

First, let us understand the basic meaning. Before 1997, India had no specific law defining or prohibiting sexual harassment at the workplace. Vishaka & Ors. vs. State of Rajasthan (1997) answers a foundational question: when Parliament has made no law on a subject, can the Supreme Court still step…

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Puttaswamy

Supreme Court of India · 2017

A unanimous nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court declared in 2017 that the right to privacy is a fundamental right under Part III of the Constitution, mainly as an intrinsic part of life and personal liberty under Article 21. It overruled M.P. Sharma (1954) and Kharak Singh (1962) to the extent they held otherwise. It also laid down that the State can restrict privacy only through a three-fold test of legality, legitimate aim and proportionality. The case became the foundation for the entire debate on Aadhaar and data protection.

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About this subject ▶ Watch this part of the lecture (00:00) Human Rights Law runs, across six units, from what makes a right a human right to newer issues such as artificial intelligence, corruption, business power, and the rights of transgender persons and prisoners. Human rights are engaged whene…

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