The faculty consists of several permanent members as well as numerous Professors Emeritus and Visiting Faculty.

Professors Emeritus

·Hon'ble Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagwati, presently Chairperson of UN International Committee on Human Rights and consultant on Human Rights to over 60 countries worldwide. Former Chief Justice of India and Vice Chairperson of the United Nations Human Rights Commission.

·Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra, presently a Member of the Rajya Sabha. Former Chief Justice of India and the founder and first chairperson of the NHRC. Former Chairperson of the Committee for Implementation of Legal Aid Schemes and the Riots Commission and also a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague. Member of the Executive Board of the Indian Red Cross Society.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice U. C. Banerjee, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India. He headed the Environmental Bench of Kolkata High Court. Remained Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. Founding Chairman NALSAR University, Andhra Pradesh. Founding member of SARC Law. Presently Chairman of SARC Law India chapter. He is a chairperson of the Authority on Advance Ruling for Central Excise and Customs. His association with the RLEK has been for more than a decade.

· Hon'ble Mr. Justice V.S. Malimath, Chairperson of the Syllabus Committee on Human Rights of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Former Chief Justice of Karnataka and Kerala High Court, Member of the NHRC, and Member of the UN Fact-Finding Committee on Violations of Human Rights in Nigeria. Presently Chairman of Committee on Reforms of Criminal Justice System.

· Dr. L. D. Mishra (IAS), former Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour and specialist in Child and Bonded Labour issues. Presently head of International Labour Organisation (ILO) in the Philippines.

· Dr. Kamal Hossain, practicing lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights situation in Afghanistan. Former Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Chairperson of the Commonwealth Human Rights Advisory Commission, Chairperson of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust, and Member of the Human Rights Peace Mission to Indonesia.

· Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa,· Former Minister for Ports, Naval and Fisheries, Government of Sri Lanka. Presently leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka. President of the Committee for Solidarity with Palestinians and the Director of Human Rights and Legal Aid Organisation in Tangalle. Former Secretary of the Committee of Parliamentarians for Fundamental and Human Rights.

· Mr. Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Former, Prime Minister of Nepal, earlier had been Prime Minister of Nepal thrice and legal luminary. He participated in the SAARC summit in Male (Maldives) in 1998 and has been awarded the Knight's Grand Cross (UK).

· Mr. D. R. Karthikeyan, Former Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, former Director General, National Human Rights Commission. Former Special Director General, Central Reserve Police Force, presently President of Life Plus Positive Magazine.

· Mr. Chaman Lal, presently Special Rapporteur in the NHRC. Former Director of BSF Academy, Additional Director General of BSF and Director General of Police. Recipient of the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and the National Award of Padma Shri.

· Mr. V.S. Mathur, (IPS), former Vigilance Commissioner, Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi. Former Director General Police, UP. Recipient of the Presidents Police Medal for Distinguished Service and the Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service.

· Prof. V.S. Mani, presently Professor of International Space Law and Director, Human Rights Teaching and Research Programme in Jawaharlal Nehru University. One of the experts and Legal Counsel for India in the Antlantique case (Pakistan vs. India) before ICJ 1999-2000 and Agent and Legal counsel for the Republic of Nauru in the Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru case (Nauru vs. Australia) 1989-1993. Author/co-editor of five books including books on Human Rights.

Visiting Professors

Mr. Shanker Sen, Former Director of Indian Police Academy and Former Director General (Investigations), NHRC.

Dr. Faizan Mustafa, Director of Human Rights Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Author of a number of books and articles for leading law journals. The Supreme Court has quoted one of his articles and he was a Member of the Committee that drafted the Asian Human Rights Charter.

Prof. M. K. Ramesh, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

In addition to the above, five guest speakers from UNICEF will deliver lectures to the participants based on their experiences of working with UNICEF.

Visiting Speakers

  1. Mr. Justice P. N. Bhagwati

  2. Mr. Justice A. S. Anand, former Chief Justice of India.

  3. Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra

  4. Mr. Alan Court, Former India Country Representative, UNICEF.

  5. Ms. Felicity Townsend, Senior Education Advisor, DFID.

  6. Mr. Justice U. C. Banerjee

  7. Mr. Justice V.S. Malimath

  8. Mr. Justice Shyamal Sen, Chief Justice UP High Court.

  9. Mr. Justice S. B. Sinha, Chief Justice Andhra High Court.

  10. Mr. Justice Pradeep Kant, Judge Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench.

  11. Mr. Mahinda Rajpaksa

  12. Mr. Justice Bhanwar Singh, Judge Allahabad High Court.

  13. Mr. D. K. Sinha Former Vice Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan.

  14. Prof. M. K. Ramesh, Centre for Environment Education Research and Advocacy (CEERA), National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

  15. Dr. Faizan Mustafa, Director National Human Rights Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

  16. Ms. Fedrica Donati, UNICEF.

  17. Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury (Retd.), Former Chief of the Indian Army.

  18. Mr. Chaman Lal, Rapporteur, National Human Rights Commission.

  19. Mr. O.V. Nandimath, Coordinator Centre for Environment Education Research and Advocacy (CEERA), National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

  20. Ms. Sandie Blanchet, UNICEF.

  21. Ms. Karuna Behl Bishnoi, UNICEF.

  22. Mr. Shanker Sen, Former Director General (Investigations), NHRC.

  23. Mr. Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Prime Minister of Nepal

  24. Mr. Rajesh Talwar, Practicing advocate Supreme Court of India and now UN Observer on Human Rights.

  25. Mr. Hukum Dev Narayan Singh Yadav, State Minister for surface transport, Government of India.

  26. Mr. Bharat Dogra, Noted writer and a freelance journalist.

  27. Mr. Krishna Mahajan, Lawyer Supreme Court of India and legal columnist.

  28. Dr. L. D. Misra, Former Secretary of Labour, Government of India and now with ILO.

  29. Ms. Miriam Moeller, UNICEF.

  30. Mr. V. S. Mathur (IPS),

  31. Mr. K. S. Sachidananda Murthy, Editor, The Week.

  32. Mr. Coen Kompier, Specialist on International Labour Standards, International Labour Organisation, South Asia Multidisciplinary Advisory Team (SAAT)

  33. Dr. Erma Manoncourt, Deputy Director, Programmes, India Country Office, UNICEF.