Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Promotion of Human Rights Literacy and Awareness
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● Punjab University, Chandigarh from 25-27 February, 2005
13.12 This project has not only prepared a small cadre of trainers in Disability and
Human Rights but has also contributed a learner’s module to facilitate teaching of law from the
disability standpoint.
13.13 In addition, during the period under review, the Commission provided Disability input
in a number of programmes offered by Institute of Secretarial Training and Management.
Likewise a series of workshops have been facilitated by the Commission to raise awareness
of the disability sector about the procedure of elaborating UN Convention and its importance
in the protection and promotion of rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. These
workshops at Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi have helped the disability sector articulate
their proposals for making the Treaty more realistic in their context. A set of recommendations
emerging out of these workshops has also been communicated to the M/O-SJ&E,
Government of India who is participating actively in the UN Ad Hoc Committee elaborating
the Disability Convention.
13.14 During the period 2004-05, twenty six training programmes were conducted in the
form of workshop/seminar/training courses, on a wide range of human rights issues and
subjects. These programmes were organized in collaboration with State Human Rights
Commission, Universities, Institutes, Academies, Law Schools, United National High
Commission for Refugees, UNICEF and NGOs. Further, the target groups/participants of
these training programmes were Civil Servants, Police Officers, Judicial Officers, Prison
Officers, Lawyers, NGOs, Journalists, Academicians, Teachers and Social Activists.
The above training programmes focus on the issues of Human Rights Awareness
and Sensitization, Human Rights Investigations, Legal Literacy, Dalits Rights
and related issues.
13.15 These training programmes were conducted in four regions i.e. North, East, South and
West of the country. Besides giving financial support, the Commission has provided Resource
Persons and Human Rights Training materials for the training programmes.
13.16 Three in-house training programmes were also conducted for officers and staff of
the Commission, so as to orient them to human rights principles, philosophy, practices,
values and culture, necessary to deal with matters handled by them in the
Commission. United Nations agencies like, UNHCR, UNICEF arranged day long briefing
session for our officials, to specially focus on issues of Refugees and Child
Rights, respectively.
13.17 Officials of the Investigation and Law Division were also deputed to undergo training
courses and seminars conducted by National Institutes and reputed agencies on the subjects of
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