Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

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Center for Social Justice, Ahmedabad imparted training to selected prisoners lodged in
jails in Gujarat for which an amount of Rs.79,000/- was sanctioned.
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SETU, Mumbai organized awareness camps on Child Labour in selected Districts of
Maharashtra for which an amount of Rs.70,000/- was sanctioned.
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Press Club of Bihar, Patna organized a one day seminar cum workshop on the “Role of
Media in the Promotion and Protection of human rights in Bihar” for which an amount
of Rs.1,00,000/- was sanctioned.
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Society for the Cause of Justice, Secunderabad organized a seminar on “Human Rights
and the Administration of Criminal Justice” for which an amount of Rs.45,000/- was
sanctioned.
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The Indian Institute of Public Administration, Orissa Branch organized a function to
observe Human Rights Day 2004, for which an amount of Rs.35,000/- was sanctioned.
15.4 The Commission continues to receive complaints relating to serious violations of human
rights from NGOs, which act as the eyes and ears of the Commission in the remotest corners of
the country.
15.5 A Core Group of NGOs has been constituted under section 12(i) of the Protection of
Human Rights Act, 1993, to encourage the efforts of the Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGOs) and institutions engaged in the field of human rights. The Core Group provides the
Commission with crucial inputs regarding the hopes, aspirations and expectations of the civil
society from the Commission.
15.6 The Commission has worked closely with NGOs in respect of the specific issues which
had been identified in discussions between the Core Group and the Commission. These included:
systemic reforms in police and jail administration; matters relating to custodial institutions of
various kinds, including women’s homes, children’s homes and the like; the rights of persons
with disabilities, especially women and those belonging to disadvantaged sections of society;
issues relating to Dalits; incidents of communalism-related violations of human rights; and the
human rights of unorganized workers in both urban and rural areas.
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