Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Human Rights Law · June 2014
June 2014 · Human Rights Law · Semester 6
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3-YDC) III Year VI - Semester (New) Examination, June 2014
Subject : LAW
PAPER - III (B) : HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
Code No. 674
Note : Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following:
1. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
2. Theories of Human Rights.
3. Human Rights Watch.
4. Refugees.
5. Genocide Convention.
6. Child Rights Convention.
7. State Human Rights Commission.
8. European Convention on Human Rights.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks)
Answer any TWO of the following:
9. 'Constitution is colour blind, Human Rights are gender blind' - Explain this in the light of CEDAW
Convention.
10. Critically analyse the human rights provided under the Indian Constitution.
11. How do you classify the human rights? Discuss the third generation human rights.
12. Examine the provisions of the convention against torture in the light of DK Basu guidelines.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks)
Answer any TWO of the following:
13. 'A', a foreign woman was gang raped in India by the government employees. When a complaint was
lodged against the culprits for committing rape, it was contended that a foreign national has no
fundamental rights in India and hence not entitled for compensation - Advice the foreign woman.
14. A woman was sexually abused while she was working in a field. A voluntary organization who is fighting
for the cause of human rights protection filed a case against the abusers. The court found that there was no
domestic law at that time to tackle the issue and applied International Convention into the domestic field -
Decide the validity of such application.
15. In connection with an investigation a person was taken into custody and detained in the police station.
The next day morning his body was found near railway track with hand cuff and multiple injuries. The police
said that the boy escaped from the custody and his body was found near railway track. But the Post
Mortem report said that the death is caused due to severe beating. Examine what remedy is available to
the dependents of victim and under which law.
16. A woman migrated to State X and there she married a man who is national of that state X. By virtue of
marriage she too acquired the citizenship of that state X and nationality of her original state, she lost.
Subsequently both wife and husband got separated by divorce and the wife lost nationality of state X. She
became stateless person now. Advice her.