Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Summary of Principal Recommendations and Observations
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19.59 The Ministry of External Affairs has further informed that a thorough examination of
substantive aspects of these protocols is needed and their Ministry is consulting the concerned
agencies. In this regard Inter-Ministerial Meeting was convened by MEA on 22-07- 2004. The
Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Defence were requested to study the subject. The
issue of accession to the Geneva Convention would be pursued after a joint meeting of MEA,
MHA and Ministry of Defence. (Para 17.22 & 17.23)
Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
19.60 In the Commission’s earlier annual reports, the Commission had recommended that the
Government of India examine and become a party to Optional Protocols 1 and 2 to the Convention
on the Rights of the Child, dealing with the involvement of children in armed conflict and the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. The Memorandum of Action Taken
on the Annual Report of the National Human Rights Commission for the year 2002-03 also
mentions that the Government has approved the signing and ratification of the aforesaid two
Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Ministry of External
Affairs has communicated to the Commission that the Government of India had signed the
above two Optional Protocols on 15-11-2004. These, however, are yet to be ratified. The
Commission trusts that the Government of India would ratify the two Optional Protocols to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child in the best interest of our children. (Para 17.26)
Manavadhikar Bhavan
19.61 It is more than two years since a block has been allotted to NHRC for construction of the
Bhavan, the Ministry of Urban Development is yet to obtain necessary clearances from various
authorities thereby leading to delay in commencement of the construction work. The Commission
has been expressing its concern about the undue delay in the starting of the construction of the
building. The Commission urges the Ministry of Urban Development to take up the construction
of the building without any further delay (Para 18.13).
Sd/-
(A.S.Anand)
Chairperson
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(Shivaraj V. Patil)
Member
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(Y.Bhaskar Rao)
Member
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(R.S.Kalha)
Member
Sd/-
(P.C.Sharma)
Member
New Delhi
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