HRLN - A Profile - Human Rights Law Network

and also use class action petitions to seek improvementsin the implementation of the laws.A People's Tribunal was organised at the Asian SocialForum (ASF), held in Hyderabad in January 2003,where various disability groups and activists from allover the country came together to voice the issues at thenational, regional and state levels.Training and Judicial ColloquiumTraining activists, lawyers and disabled persons onvarious areas of the law that impact on the rights ofdisabled persons is a crucial activity of this Initiative.A step forward in this direction was the organising ofa Judicial Colloquium in New Delhi in December2005 where over 50 judges from High Courts all overthe country interacted on various aspects of Disabilityand the law.Study'Disability and the Right to Employment'The Mumbai unit conducted a first hand study on theconditions faced by blind hawkers in the railwaystations in Mumbai and the reasons why blind peopleare compelled to hawk for a living. Through the study,larger issues relating to disability and employmentemerged as well as an understanding of the problemsfaced by disabled persons who battle poverty.PublicationsBooksDisability and the LawA compilation of judgments enunciating and expanding the rights of persons with disabilities in India has beenmissed and demanded for a long time.This book fills the existing gap in literature by bringing together for the firsttime progressive judgments from various Indian courts and forums relating to the rights of persons with disabilitieson issues like employment, education, access, housing and social security, apart from those laying down some vitalgeneral principles of disability rights.PosterEqual Opportunity RightsThis poster is in the form of FAQs, and begins with the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protectionof Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. It answers frequently asked questions about the ambit of the act,including its powers to ensure jobs, prevent disability, implementing and enforcing agencies, responsibility ofgovernment to ensure provisions in public transport for disabled persons, and what an individual can do.45