PERFORMANCE OF THE COMMISSION‌

The various human rights issues taken up by the Commission are as follows:

1. Abolition of Bonded Labour

2. Functioning of the Mental Hospitals at Ranchi, Agra and Gwalior

3. Functioning of the Government Protective Home (Women), Agra

4. Issues Concerning Right to Food

5. Review of the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929

6. Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

7. Preventing Employment of Children by Government Servants: Amendment of Service Rules

8. Abolition of Child Labour

9. Guidebook for the Media on Sexual Violence against Children

10. Trafficking in Women and Children: Manual for the Judiciary for Gender Sensitisation

11. Sensitisation Programme on Prevention of Sex Tourism and Trafficking

12. Maternal Anemia and Human Rights

13. Rehabilitation of Destitute Women in Vrindavan

14. Combating Sexual Harassment of Women at the Work Place

15. Harassment of Women Passengers in Trains

16. Abolition of Manual Scavenging

17. Dalits Issues including Atrocities Perpetrated on them

18. Problems Faced by Denotified and Nomadic Tribes

19. Rights of the Disabled Persons

20. Issues Related to Right to Health

21. Rights of Persons Affected by HIV / AIDS

22. Relief Work for the Victims of 1999 Orissa Cyclone

23. Monitoring of Relief Measures undertaken after Gujarat Earthquake (2001)

24. District Complaints Authority

25. Population Policy - Development and Human Rights

26. Review of Statutes, including Terrorist & Disruptive Activities Act, and (Draft) Prevention of Terrorism Bill, 2000

27. Protection of Human Rights in Areas of Insurgency and Terrorism

28. Guidelines to Check Misuse of the Power of Arrest by the Police

29. Setting up of Human Rights Cells in the State / City Police Headquarters

30. Steps to Check Custodial Deaths, Rape and Torture

31. Accession to the Convention against Torture, Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions.

32. Discussion on Adoption of a Refugee Law for the Country

33. Systemic Reforms of Police, Prisons and other Centers of Detention

34. Review of Laws, Implementation of Treaties, and the International Instruments on Human Rights

35. Promotion of Human Rights Literacy and Awareness in the Educational System

36. Human Rights Training for the Armed Forces and Police, Public Authorities and Civil Society

37. Action Research on Trafficking.

38. Research through well-known academic institutions and NGOs on various issues relating to human rights.

39. Constitution with NGOs and experts / specialists on human rights issues.