| Origins of rights, freedoms, duties, equality, discrimination, cultural relativism and universalism; Different generations of rights; Enforceabilility of rights: The Constitution of Mauritius, International Bill of rights, Human rights declarations, Conventions and Protocols; Models of Criminal Justice; Criminal Investigations; The relationship between punishment and welfare; The philosophical and political underpinnings of sentencing; The role of the death penalty; Ways in which conceptions of justice are related to the means and ends of punishment; Rights of detainees: Human Rights and the role of the police (Investigation of violations of rights, "Bavures et brutalités policières", Torture; Rights of accused who are minors; Human rights and prisons: gendered violence in prisons or places of detention; Right to a fair trial; The Role of the Trial Judge; Lay Participation in the Criminal Process; Principles of Sentencing; The Role of Victims in the Criminal Process; Miscarriages of Justice. |
Administrative assistant: TASLIMA BOODHUN-JHUMKA
Telephone: 4037400
Email: t.boodhun@uom.ac.mu |
