LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034.

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – history

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2003

ht 2801 / h 816  –  hUMAN RIGHTS

 

21.04.2003

1.00 – 4.00                                                                                                    Max : 100 Marks

                                                                PART – A                                         (4´ 5=20 marks)

      Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 100 words each.

 

1. What are Human Rights?
2. The Two Protocols to the Covenant on Political and Civil Rights.
3. Preventive Detention.
4. Convention on the Rights of the Children.
5. Amnesty International-Urgent appeals.
6. Migrant’s Convention.

 

 

 

                                                                PART – B                                       (2´ 10=20 marks)

      Answer any TWO of the following in 300 words each.

 

7. Trace the growth of the human rights concept in the world history.
8. Briefly write on the National Human Rights Commission.
9. Bring out the salient features of the Convention on Women.
10. Examine the work of the International Human Rights Commission.

 

 

 

                                                               PART – C                                         (3´20=60 marks)

Answer any THREE of the following in 1200 words each.

 

11. Why the UDHR is considered as the Magna Carta of Human Rights?
12. Who are the Refugees and how they are protected by the 1951 Geneva Convention.
13. Explain the Political and Civil Rights under the Indian Constitution.
14. ‘Torture and Deaths in Custody continues in many parts of the country’ (2002 Amnesty International Report) Discuss.
15. Critically examine the social, economic and cultural conditions of India and highlight the violation of rights in the cases of Dalits, Tribals and women.

 

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI– 60034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION  –     HISTORY

SECOND  SEMESTER  – NOVEMBER 2003

HT 2801/H  816   HUMAN RIGHTS                

29.10.2003                                                                                        Max: 100 Marks

1.00 – 4.00

 

PART –A                                (4 ´ 5= 20 Marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 100 words each

1. Classification of Rights.
2. Optional Protocol I
3. ‘Freedom of Religion’ in India.
4. Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
5. Human Rights Watch.
6. National Human Rights Commission

 

Part – b                              (2 ´ 10 = 20 Marks)

Answer any TWO of the following in 300 words each

7. How did the concept of ‘Human Rights’ originate in World History?
8. Examine the Right to equality classified under the Indian Constitution.
9. How far in India we have implemented the Social, economic and Cultural rights.
10. Write a note on the Convention on the Rights of the Children.

 

PART – C                             (3 ´ 20 = 60 Marks)

Answer any THREE of the following in 1200 words each

 

11. Highlight the articles under the UDHR.
12. Examine the CEDAW Convention and how it protects the rights of women?
13. Explain the articles under ‘Right to Freedom’ under the Constitution of India.
14. Describe the contemporary Human rights violations such as Torture, Custodial Deaths and disappearances.

 

15. Write on the powers and functions of the UN Human Rights Commission.

 

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