Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Rights of the Disabled
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[Union Ministries of Social Justice & Empowerment, Human Resource Development,
Health & Family Welfare, Rural Development, Urban Affairs, Deptt. of Personnel &
Training, Tribal Affairs, Women and Child Development / All States/UTs]
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The Government of India and their counter parts in the States should introduce a disability
component in all their training initiatives aimed at public administrators and all the field
functionaries.
[Union Ministry of Personnel & Training, All States/UTs]
Bar Council, Law Schools / Universities:
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Bar Council, the Law Schools and the leading Universities should urgently coordinate
action towards incorporating disability perspective in all the formal and non-formal courses
in law and human rights. Simultaneously, an optional paper in Disability, Human Rights
and Law should be introduced at the graduate level.
[Bar Council of India, UGC, VC of Universities]
Educational / Training Institutes:
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UGC, RCI, NCTE and NCERT should actively assist the institutions under their jurisdiction
to reform the course curriculum in the fields of law, management, social work, education,
architecture, medicine, nursing, engineering, statistics, history, sociology, developmental
economics etc. with a view to incorporating a disability component keeping in view the
human rights perspective.
[UGC, RCI, NCTE and NCERT]
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