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Name
MA in Human Rights
Type
University programmes
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Kathmandu School of Law
, Nepal
Frequency
Annual
Objectives
This course in law school is initiated to produce academically sound human resource with explicit understanding of human rights to work in the various walks of professional life in the places where conflict is in rise or expanding affecting the rights of the people in general adversely and where various professionals require working with attention to the violations of human rights. This course serves for those who are working under various disciplines in public life and require sufficient and depth understanding on the principles, standards and normative framework of human rights law. The course offers opportunity for interested individual who has already a Master Degree in any discipline.
Specific objectives of the course are to:
impart comparative understanding of basic concepts, history and theories of human rights imbedded in Eastern and Western values; acquaint students on the international instrument of human rights including interpretation of human rights and implementation mechanism at international, regional and national levels; and generate human resource competent in human rights professionalism and culture.
Area of expertise
human rights
Language
English
Country
Nepal
Methodology used
There will be four taught classes per week of 2.30 hours each at school. Field assignments should be performed by the students for outdoor study. Both of these carry evaluative weights for examinations. The medium language is English for the performances of the classes and examinations.
There will be terminal examinations, writing of term papers and other academic performances for 40 credits in each subject and students should sit in Final Examination for 60 credits. Field research work and dissertation should be performed by students under the supervision of faculty teachers within the guidelines prescribed by KSL.
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For more information, click https://ksl.edu.np/program/subprogram/m-a-in-human-rights
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