Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Research Studies and Projects
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L] Programmatic Intervention in Mental Hospitals in India:
Efforts Towards Humanizing Institutions and
Community-based Rehabilitation
12.36 In order to rehabilitate cured mentally ill patients languishing in the mental hospitals
located in Agra, Gwalior and Ranchi, the Commission in collaboration with the Action Aid
India decided to make a programmatic intervention by way of building-up and strengthening the
organisational cadre employed in these mental hospitals by imparting to them the necessary
knowledge and skills required for dealing with mentally ill patients. The project was sanctioned
in February 2004 and is for the duration of 2 years. For this project the Commission has sanctioned
financial assistance of Rs.5,40,250/-.
12.37 So far, 11 sensitization workshops have been organized for the nurses, attendants and
other hospital staff of the three mental hospitals mentioned above. The main objective of these
workshops was to bring about an attitudinal change among the hospital staff towards mentally ill
patients. In all, a total of 300 staff members have been trained through these sensitization
workshops.
M] CHRC-NHRC-IGNOU Linkage Project on Disability
12.38 The Commission is deeply concerned about the rights of the persons with disability. In
order to build capacity for better protection of rights of persons with disability, the Commission
launched a project in partnership with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) and
the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in 2003. Initially NHRC-CHRC linkage
project was conceived on commission-to-commission basis. It was later changed to a tripartite
project with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) as the 3 rd partner for financial
management. The MOU between the parties was signed on 26-08-2003 at New Delhi and was
counter signed by CHRC on 19-09-2003.
12.39 In accordance with the revised Project Implementation Plan (PIP), out of the original
five elements the focus concentrated on the following :
1. Raise Awareness of Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
2. Improve the Technical Capabilities of INHRC and CHRC.
3. Strengthen Project Management Capabilities of INHRC and CHRC.
12.40 For raising awareness of human rights of persons with disabilities, strategic interventions
were planned. The thrust remained on improving the capacity of academic and advocacy
organizations for better application of domestic and international human rights law in the
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