Diploma in Human Rights

The three batches, English medium, Tamil medium and Sinhala medium of the Diploma in Human Rights were conducted on every Saturday from 9.00am to 1.00pm discussing human rights topics. The 6 months programme commenced on 14th February 2009 and scheduled to conclude on 29th August 2009.

The contents of the programme are:

Introduction to human rights, Historical evolution of human rights, Civil and political rights, Economic, social and cultural rights, International human rights framework, Domestic human rights framework, Governance, participation and rule of law, Case studies on fundamental rights, Child Rights, Women’s Rights, Labour rights, Internally Displaced Persons, International Humanitarian Law, Minority Rights, Language Rights, Environmental rights, Public Interest Litigation and Corporate governance and Corporate Social Responsibility.

The programme provides an in depth study sessions on certain topics and the participants are required to do a project presentation and a social activity based on the in depth study they choose.