IGNOU- National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to train cops on human rights

The Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU’s) School of Law (SOL) in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organized third three-day Training of Trainers programme (TOT) on Human Rights for police personnel at the IUC Lab, IGNOU, main campus, in the capital.

 The three-day training programme was attended by 26 police officials from all over the country.  The main objective of this workshop was to sensitize the police functionaries on Human Right principles and values.

Mr. Jaideep Singh Kochher, Joint Secretary, NHRC, in his welcome address expressed the need to share these training sessions in their respective states in order to facilitate learning. He also mentioned that apart from attending to the complaints of the public, NHRC also has an important role of creating awareness about human rights.

Talking about the online delivery of this programme, Prof. Uma Kanjilal, IGNOU, mentioned that this is an online training programme which can be accessed easily by any police personnel from any where. The training manual (print/online) has been developed by IGNOU and NHRC. The online units are made interactive and are designed using multimedia approach, with the technical support of E-gyankosh.