16 Weeks Break Up

Human Rights and Citizenship Education (3 Credit Hours)

Course Code: CHR-100 Course Title: Human Rights and Citizenship

Year: 2019 Semester: Spring
Instructor’s Name: Mudasar Jahan Office: R-02, Ibn-e-Khaldoon
E-mail: Mudasar.jehan@uog.edu.pk Office Hours: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Week 1:

• Sociability of man
• Survival and development
• Impact of social environment on man
• Process of socialization
• Nature of Associations, their kinds (Voluntary/Compulsory) and functions
• Concept of Family, Nation, Millat and State
• Interdependence of the Individual and Society

Week 2:

• Meaning of State and its elements (Population, Territory, Government and Sovereignty)
• Islamic concept of State
• Functions of State (Defence, Law and Order, Welfare etc)
• Organs of government Legislature, Executive and Judiciary
• Forms of Government
• Law, Liberty and Equality
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Week 3:
• Meaning of Citizenship
• Modes of acquiring and losing citizenship
• Status of aliens
• Qualities of good citizenship
• Rights and Duties of citizen in a State
• Fundamental Human Rights
Week 4:

• What are human rights (HR)?

• Evolution of the concept of HR
• Four fundamentals in HR: freedom, equality, justice, and human dignity.
 Week 5:

• Universal declaration of HR
• Three key principles in HR: Inalienability, indivisibility, and universality

Week 6:

• Human Rights in Islam

• The Last Sermon of the Holy Prophet (SA)

Week 7:

• Are HR universal? (Debate/discussion)

• HR in South Asia: Issues
• Rights of Women
• Rights of children (debate/discussion on child labour etc.)

Week 8:
Individual and the World

• Rationale of International Cooperation, Fields of Cooperation (Political, Economic, Social,

Cultural, Educational, Scientific, technological etc)
Week 9:
Mid Term Examination

Week 10:

• Rights and Duties of citizen in Islamic State with special reference to Constitutions provisions
regarding rights and duties of citizen

Week 11:
• Rights and Duties of non-Muslims in Pakistan under the constitution

Week 12:

• UN Aims and Objects, main organs and specialized agencies (UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO)

Week 13:

• Presentations

Week 14:

• Presentations
Week 15:

• Presentations

Week 16:

• Exam Preparation Week