Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

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Internally Displaced
Persons
A] National Policy on Resettlement and
Rehabilitation
11.1 The Commission reviewed the provisions of the National Policy on
Resettlement and Rehabilitation sent to it by the Ministry of Rural Development.
The Commission has noted that the rehabilitation policy has not been made a part of
the Land Acquisition Act of 1894. The Commission is of the firm view that resettlement
and rehabilitation should be incorporated in the legislation proposed to be enacted
by the Ministry of Rural Development so that it becomes justiciable. Keeping in
view human rights aspects and related public interest involved, the Commission has
also sought a copy of the draft legislation in this regard for a critical review.
11.2 The Ministry of Home Affairs in the Action Taken Report on the Annual
Report of the Commission for the year 2002-2003 has mentioned that a national
policy on the subject has been notified. The draft bill proposed to be introduced
for legislative approval are processed in accordance with legislative procedure
prescribed in this regard.
B] Visit of the APF Team to India on Issue of IDPs
11.3 The Brookings-SAIS project on the Internally Displaced and the Asia Pacific
Forum undertook an eighteen month internally displacement project consisting of
individual assessments of six institutions in countries experiencing displacement
(India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand) and a regional
workshop devoted to the issue to be undertaken in 2005. In respect of this, a four-
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