Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Research Studies and Projects
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Administrations at the earliest so that anti-trafficking interventions and initiatives follow the
paradigm of human rights.
B] Operation Oasis – A Study Related to Mentally Ill Persons
in West Bengal
12.8 The Commission entrusted the Sane and Enthusiast Volunteers’ Association of Calcutta
(SEVAC), a Kolkata based NGO to carry out the ‘Study related to mentally ill persons
languishing in jails, vagrant and juvenile homes of West Bengal’. The duration of the project
was initially for a period of one year for which Rs.3,10,000/- were sanctioned by the
Commission.
12.9 The main objective of the study was to identify the percentage of mentally ill and mentally
disabled persons in prisons and other correctional and custodial institutions in West Bengal as
well as assess their overall human rights situation so that arrangements could be made for their
release and restoration.
12.10 The study has been carried out in four jails, namely, Dumdum Central Jail, Presidency
Jail, Alipore Special Jail and Berhampore Central Jail; three Vagrant Homes, namely, Home for
Lunatic Vagrants at Mahalandi, which houses both males and females, Uttarpara Female Vagrant
Home, Dhakuria Male Vagrant Home, and two Rescue Homes, namely, Kishalay Home for
Boys and S.M.M. Home at Liluah for females.
12.11 The study has been completed by SEVAC and its final draft report has also been submitted
to the Commission. It is inferred from the report that while care of mentally ill patients remains a
cause of concern; the State Government too was neither discharging its duties and obligations
towards these patients nor complying with the provisions of the Mental Health Act, 1987.
II] On-going Studies
A] Study of the Implementation of the Juvenile Justice
(Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
12.12 The Commission approved a proposal for undertaking a study of the Implementation of
the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 in February 2004 submitted by
the Socio-Legal Information Centre, New Delhi. The study aims to review the extent of
implementation of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 by carrying
out the following:-
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Interaction with the nodal Government agencies to ascertain the status of the Institutions/
Committees/Boards that ought to be set up under the Act;
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