Message of the then Secretary General of United Nations Mr. Kofi Annan to the Students of Indian Institute of Human Rights

It gives me great pleasure to send my warmest greetings to postgraduate students at the Indian Institute of Human Rights. The United Nations Charter enshrines our commitment 'to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small'.

Achieving that aim requires the United Nations, governments, and civil society to act in concert, to establish and monitor human rights standards and to promote human rights education.

 

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The 11th World Human Rights Congress was organised by Indian Institute of Human Rights on United Nations Human Rights Day 10th December 2010 at New Delhi.

The 11th World Human Rights Congress was organised by Indian Institute of Human Rights on United Nations Human Rights Day 10th December 2010 at New Delhi. The theme for the 11th World Human Rights Congress was Human Rights and Millennium Development Goals. The function was attended by a galaxy of Ambassadors from various countries, Human Rights activists and Human Rights students. Here Dr. Rahul Rai Director Indian Institute of Human Rights is presenting the 2010 Universal Human Rights Promotion Award  to  Mr. Francois Stamm, Head of Regional Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

The French Government recognises Dr. Rahul Rai as "Personnalites d avenir" (Young Promising Leader).

The French Government recognised Dr. Rahul Rai. Director. Indian Institute of Human Rights as "Personnalites d avenir (Young Promising Leader) and invited him to Paris to meet senators, senior functionaries of various Ministries and Human Rights bodies. Dr. Rahul Rai was in Paris from 21st March 2010 to 27th March 2010.

The Ministry of External and European Affairs. Government of France had drawn an elaborate proramme for Dr. Rahul Rai in order to introduce him to the top personalities of the French Republic involved in the promotion of Human Rights. The following photographs give a brief sketch of his visit as "Personnalites davenir" to Paris.

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Human Rights Quotations of the Day

*"Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free."
-- 14th Dalai Lama
 * "You can chain me, you can torture me, you can destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind."
 --  Mahatma Gandhi
 * "Injustice anywhere is threat to justice everywhere."
-- Martin Luther King

RECOGNITION

 

 

PGDHR of Indian Institute of Human Rights is recognised by the following Universities at par with their Master's Degree, through a Memorandom of Understanding signed between the Universities and the Institute making IIHR students eligible for the Ph.D programme of these Universities in the relevant discipline.

1. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
2. Kuvempu University, Shimoga, Karnataka
3. Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
4. Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka
5. Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka
6. Patna University, Patna, Bihar
7. Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
8. Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh
9. Birsa Agriculture University Ranchi, Jharkhand
10. Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
11. Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
12. Chanakya National Law University, Patna
13. The Global Open University, Nagaland

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