RIGHT TO EDUCATION

July 6, 2020Posted inArticles, Latest News, Right to Education
Article 21-A and the RTE Act came into effect on 1 April 2010. The title of the RTE Act incorporates the words ‘free and compulsory’. ‘Free education’ means that no child, other than a child who has been admitted by his or her parents to a school which is not supported by the appropriate Government, shall be liable to pay any kind of fee or charges or expenses which may prevent him or her from pursuing and completing elementary education. ‘Compulsory education’ casts an obligation on the appropriate Government and local authorities to provide and ensure admission, attendance and completion of elementary education by all children in the 6-14 age group. With this, India has moved forward to a rights based framework that casts a legal obligation on the Central and State Governments to implement this fundamental child right as enshrined in the Article 21A of the Constitution, in accordance with the provisions of the RTE Act.
Hindu, Sikh refugees from Afghanistan plea govt to pass Citizenship Bill

Hindu, Sikh refugees from Afghanistan plea govt to pass Citizenship Bill

July 6, 2020Posted inHindu Refugees from Afghanistan, HRDI Activities, Latest News, Rights of Refugees & Stateless People, Video Gallery
What is the 1951 Refugee Convention? The 1951 Geneva Convention is the main international instrument of refugee law. The Convention clearly spells out who a refugee is and the kind of legal protection, other assistance and social rights he or she should receive from the countries who have signed the document. The Convention also defines a refugee’s obligations to host governments and certain categories or people, such as war criminals, who do not qualify for refugee status. The Convention was limited to protecting mainly European refugees in the aftermath of World War II, but another document, the 1967 Protocol, expanded the scope of the Convention as the problem of displacement spread around the world.
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report – Universal Periodic Review: AFGHANISTAN

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report – Universal Periodic Review: AFGHANISTAN

July 6, 2020Posted inArticles, Hindu Refugees from Afghanistan, Latest News
I. BACKGROUND INFORMATIONA. Asylum-seekers and RefugeesIn August 2005, Afghanistan became a State party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol (hereinafter referred to…
The Tuticorin Custodial Deaths and a long history of Police Brutality

The Tuticorin Custodial Deaths and a long history of Police Brutality

June 28, 2020Posted inArticles, Latest News
Eyewitnesses claim that the Jeyaraj and his son Bennix were beaten repeatedly for hours in police custody, and multiple changes of clothes were brought in to change out of their blood-soaked clothes. Moreover, other witnesses suggested that the two were sodomised while in custody as they were bleeding profusely from their rectums. The police force denied these claims in its FIR, declaring that the two had internal injuries only, as they rolled on the ground and resisted arrest.
Uttarakhand Former Member of Parliament hurt by Tamil Nadu Tuticorin incidence complaints to NHRC

Uttarakhand Former Member of Parliament hurt by Tamil Nadu Tuticorin incidence complaints to NHRC

June 27, 2020Posted inArticles, HRDI Activities, Latest News
The shocking incident happened on June 19, when 59-year-old P Jayaraj and his 31-year-old son Bennicks (Fenix) were picked up for questioning by the cops in Sathankulam police for violating lockdown rules and keeping their mobile shop open beyond the permitted time. It is being alleged that they were brutally thrashed, sodomised and tortured by the police while in custody, leading to their deaths. Eyewitnesses have claimed that the cops inserted metal objects into one of the victims’ rectum, according to India Today and many such media reports .