Humanitarian and Refugee Law

Unit I

Definition, content and application of International HumanitarianLaw · International Humanitarian Law and Human RightsLaw · Protection of wounded and sick in Armed Forces in the Field and atSea · Protection of the Prisoners ofWar · Protection of CivilianPopulation

Unit II

Protection of Women andChildren · Protection of medical personnel, hospitals, ambulances, etc., and culturalproperty. · Limitations on the means and methods ofwarfare · Implementation of International Humanitarian Law: BasicIssues · International Criminal Court; International ad hoc CriminalTribunals

Unit III

Historical; Development of law for the protection of refugees; Definition of refugee, regional efforts (OAU, Cartagena, ManilaPrinciples), · Legal framework: Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 and Protocol of1967 · Rights of refugees including principle ofnon-refoulement · Assessment in Refugee Status Determination; UNHCR’s procedure for the determination of refugee status in India; Loss and denial of refugeestatus · Asylum

• Human Security –Asylum seekers, Migrants and Refugees, the differences

Unit IV

Substantive rights of refugees under 1951 Refugee Convention: i) Non- discrimination, ii) Right to fair trial, iii) Employment, iv) Housing and property, v) Education, vi) Freedom of movement, vii) Familyreunification · United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): appointment, powers and functions with respect to the protection ofrefugees/IDPs · Legal protection of Internally Displaced Persons and Statelesspersons · Standards of treatment: Women and ChildrenRefugees · Durable solutions to refugeeproblem

• Human Security –Asylum seekers, Migrants and Refugees, the differences