Law and Tribes
Hidayatullah National Law University · LL.B. Semester 7 · --
Unit I — UNDERSTANDING THE TERMINOLOGIES
Definition of the Terms: Tribe, Tribal People/S, Adivasi, Indigenous Peoples, ‘Primitive Tribes’, ‘Backward Tribes’, ‘Scheduled Tribes (ST), Non-Scheduled Tribes, ‘Scheduled Castes (SC), ‘Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), Nomadic Tribes (NT), ‘Semi-Nomadic Tribes’, ‘De-Notified Tribes’ (DNT), ‘Forest Dwelling Scheduled Tribes (FDST)’, ‘Scheduled Areas’, Ethnogenesis, Cultural Autonomy and other important terms · Essential characteristics of a Tribe in international laws, Indian laws and on anthropological terms.
Unit II — INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RIGHTS OF TRIBAL AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Rights of Indigenous and Tribal People: General International Law; General International Human Rights Organs; and Important Principles · Specific International Law documents and Institutional Framework on the Rights of Indigenous and Tribal People · Decisions of various International judicial bodies · Stages of the evolution of International Law/Institutions on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Unit III — CONSTITUTION OF INDIA AND RIGHTS OF TRIBAL PEOPLE
Constitutional History of Tribal Rights · Analysis of the Provisions and Safe Guards under the Constitution of India relating to Tribal Welfare and Governance and related case laws · Definition of Scheduled Areas and Procedure for Scheduling, Rescheduling and Alteration of Scheduled Areas, and Administration of the Welfare of Scheduled Tribes and related Institutions · Constitutional Safeguards of the Rights of Tribal People · National Commission for Scheduled Tribes and other Institutions
Unit IV — POLICIES, APPROACHES AND SCHEMES FOR TRIBAL WELFARE IN INDIA
Pre-Independence and Post- Independence Approaches for Tribal Development · Panchsheel Policy: Five Principles of Development, 1952 · Five Year Plans and Tribal Governance · NITI Aayog and Tribal Welfare
Unit V — VARIOUS STATUTORY AND INSTITUTIONAL INTERVENTIONS RELATED TO RIGHTS OF TRIBAL PEOPLE IN INDIA
Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 · Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 · Panchayat (Extension to scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, and the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 · The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Rules, 2012 and the Biological Diversity Act, 2002
Unit VI — TRIBAL PEOPLE IN INDIA: VARIOUS CHALLENGES
workshop mode · Socio-Cultural, Economic, Educational, and Religious Challenges · Challenges connected to environmental governance, Climate Change and globalization