Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Summary of Principal Recommendations and Observations
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19.32 In Para 7.42 of the report, the recommendations made by the Commission to the
Government of Tripura on 11.8.04, have been detailed. While the ATR received
from the Government of Tripura in December 2004 indicated satisfactory level of compliance
on all points except on the issues of i) strengthening of the National
Mental Health Programme: and ii) upgradation of Psychiatry Unit, the same are awaited.
The Commission would request for compliance with regard to these issues also.
(Para 7.43)
Mental Health
19.33 As mentioned in the preceding reports, the Commission had constituted an Expert
Group on 31-12-2001, for rehabilitation of long stay patients who are languishing in the
mental hospitals at Agra, Gwalior and Ranchi even after having been cured of their mental
illness. These patients either do not have families or they have been abandoned by their
families and have nowhere to go. In a meeting of the Expert Group held on 12 July, 2004,
the Directors of the three Institutes gave up to date status of long stay patients with an
account of rehabilitation activities initiated by them with the help of Action Aid India
volunteers. The pendency of two proposals for the establishment of half-way homes, one at
Gwalior and another at Ranchi was pointed out to the representative of the Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment. The meeting discussed a proposal of Action Aid India to
set up a National Pension Scheme for those mental patients who are fit to be discharged but
whose families are not willing to accept them due to economic constraints. Action Aid India
also suggested formation of a Protective Community Life Scheme for looking after those
cured patients whose families are either not traceable or cannot be trusted for taking their
proper care. The meeting decided that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare should
first ascertain collect from all the 37 Government Mental Hospitals in the country the number
of long stay patients in their respective hospitals who would be eligible for benefits under
these schemes. (Para 7.52)
Trafficking in Women and Children
Judicial Handbook on Combating Trafficking of Women and Children for
Commercial Sexual Exploitation
19.34 Trafficking in human beings is a complex and global phenomenon having serious
visible and invisible impact on women and children. This inherent complexity necessitates
action at various levels by State actors to prevent and combat trafficking on the basis of a
detailed understanding of the players and mechanisms involved in a particular trafficking
situation. In this context, as reported in this report, the draft Judicial Handbook on
Combating Trafficking of Women and Children for Commercial Sexual Exploitation that
was prepared by NLSIU under the overall guidance of the Focal Point on Human Rights
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