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Education Announcements: Application form for Human Rights In Development 2008

Application form for Human Rights In Development
- Orgd by TISS & Dignity International -

South Asia Regional Linking & Learning Programme
HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEVELOPMENT
28 April 2008 – 3 May 2008
Conference Hall, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Deonar, Mumbai, India

Rationale

Human rights inhere in the very nature of the human person. They define and enshrine our humanity. They exist to ensure that human life remains human. They exist to ensure that inhuman wrongs are redressed and prevented. Human rights provide the values, principles and standards essential to safeguard that most precious of all rights –the right to be human, of which the right to development is an essential and integral component.

Human rights are also enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, various human rights Covenants, Conventions, Treaties and Declarations, Regional Charters, National Constitutions, and laws, Human rights therefore not only provide a moral, authoritative but also a legal framework to tackle root causes of poverty – the deep rooted structures of discrimination – the processes of impoverishment.

A human rights framework has the ‘potential´ to deal with not only legal justice, the primary preoccupation of traditional human rights organisations, but also economic and social justice which is central to development work.

A human rights framework offers distinctive strengths and specific tools for development work. A human rights framework makes the human individual the owner of human rights and puts the human person at the centre of the development process.

People are not viewed as passive subjects, but able to participate in, actively contribute to and enjoy development. Basic human needs to live life in dignity (adequate housing, adequate levels of nutrition, access to education, access to healthcare, to livelihoods and employment opportunities) are no longer seen as demands for charity but as basic human rights to which everyone is entitled.

This fundamental shift from charity/service delivery to human rights moves the poorest in our societies from a position of vulnerability to a position of strength, and therefore from a position of powerlessness to a position where they are empowered.

Key human rights principles are of special relevance to development assistance:

Participation & empowerment
Non- discrimination, and
Accountability and the rule of law.

The principle of participation in development must be free, active and meaningful. It further clarifies that participation is both an interdependent means and end of development. Participation should lead to empowerment are their own active, informed and strengthened agents of change .

Download the whole application form here. (PDF - 130 KB)

This admission announcement information was furnished by Hanjabam Shukhdeba (Integrated MPhil-PHD Scholar, Centre for Research Methodoogy , Tata Institute of Social Sciences ). The submitter can be reached at shukhdeba(dot)sharma(at)tiss(dot)edu . This announcement was posted on February 20th, 2008 .

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