Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Rights of Women and Children
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of Women and Child Development subsequently sent to the Commission an inspection report of
the tour undertaken by the Joint Secretary and the Director of that Department. The report by
and large highlighted the pitiable conditions in which these destitute and marginalized women
were living in Vrindavan and how the Government of Uttar Pradesh was violating the
recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission and the Department of Women
and Child Development, Government of India.
8.25 The Commission would continue to monitor and follow-up with the Government of
Uttar Pradesh and the Department of Women and Child Development to ameliorate the
sufferings of the destitute/marginalized women living in Vrindavan and to uphold their dignity
and basic rights.
E] Population Policy – Development and Human Rights
8.26 In its two preceding annual reports, the Commission had reported that it had organized a
Colloquium on the above subject in collaboration with the Department of Family Welfare, Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare and the United Nations Population Fund. The objective of the
Colloquium was to initiate a dialogue from the perspective of development and human rights in
the implementation of effective population policies at the Centre and State levels as well as to
deliberate on the mechanisms to achieve the same. It was also reported that the recommendations
made and the Declaration adopted in the Colloquium were forwarded to all the State Governments
and Union Territories for compliance and sending action taken reports.
8.27 Prior to this reporting year, Action Taken Reports from the states of Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttaranchal, NCT of Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands were
received. During the year under report, the Commission received Action Taken Reports from
Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Manipur, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh and
Lakshadweep only. Action Taken Reports are still awaited from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Dadra & Nagar
Haveli, Daman & Diu and Pondicherry. The Commission is hopeful that all those States and
Union Territories who have not sent in their action taken reports on the recommendations that
emerged from the deliberations of the Colloquium would expedite sending the same, as this has
implications on the vulnerable sections of the society.
II RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
A] Guidebook for the Media on Sexual Violence against Children
8.28 In order to encourage media professionals to address the issue of sexual violence against
children in a consistent, sensitive and effective manner, consonant with the rights and best interest
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