Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Promotion of Human Rights Literacy and Awareness
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refugees, trafficking, child sexual abuse, child labour, scientific aids to investigation and scientific
interrogation, which gave them further exposure to sharpen their professional skills and knowledge.
These training programmes have been highly appreciated by the participants and have enabled
the participants to carry forward the message of human rights to the lowest level functionaries
in their respective fields. The Commission in the next year proposes to focus on the issues of
Human Rights Education.
13.18 Training Programmes conducted during 2004-05, alongwith other details, is placed at
Annexure 13.
13.19 In order to sensitise different stakeholders to the problem of human trafficking, the
Commission organized a two-day training programme on ‘Combating Trafficking in
Women and Children’ in January 2005 at Jaipur in collaboration with the
Joint Women’s Programme, an NGO working for the protection of rights of women
and children.
13.20 The objectives of the training programme were to:-
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understand the trends, dimensions and magnitude of the problem of trafficking in women
and children;
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provide information on the existing laws to combat trafficking and its enforcement;
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analyse issues relating to rehabilitation and repatriation of trafficked women and children
once they are rescued; and
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analyse the role of the governmental organisations and civil society in preventing and
combating trafficking in women and children.
13.21 The Judicial Officers, Police Officers and Government Officers from the States of
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and the representatives of the NGOs participated in
this programme.
13.22 The Commission organized a one-day Workshop on Prevention and Redressal of
Sexual Harassment of Women in collaboration with the Human Rights Law
Network, an NGO on 03-03-2005 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi for the Chairpersons/
Members of the Sexual Harassment Complaints Committees that have been
constituted in the various Ministries/Departments of the Central Government,
in pursuance with the guidelines prescribed by the Supreme Court in Vishaka vs. State
of Rajasthan.
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