Category: Human Rights

The consultation on the Functioning of the State Human Rights Commission and District Human Rights Courts in Rajasthan was organized by PAIRVI and Centre for Dalit Rights, Jaipur at Conference Hall, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur on 30 November 2022. The consultation starts with the release of the draft report on Functioning of the State Human Rights Commission and District Human Rights Courts in Rajasthan. The report was prepared by CDR and supported by PAIRVI. Dinbandhu Vats from PAIRVI shared the key findings of the report mainly containing objective, functioning, power, jurisdiction, composition, tenure, accessibility and complaint mechanism of Rajasthan Human Rights Commission and violation of human rights particularly against Dalits, women and Children in. It also focuses on Human Rights Courts as well as exclusive SC/ST Courts under SC/ST…

The consultation was organized by PAIRVI  in association with Lucknow based organization Amaltas on 23rd November 2022 at Gomti Hotel, Lucknow. The consultation started with the release of a draft report of the study on status and rights of transgender in Uttar Pradesh. The draft report, which was shared with the participants for their comments and reflections, contains historical perspective of transgender, socio-economic condition, NALSA Judgement, The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019, Uttar Pradesh Transgender Welfare Board, National Transgender Portal, government’s social security schemes for transgender and demands of transgender community. This report encompasses 10 case studies of transgender people from Lucknow, Varanasi and Agra.   The consultation witnessed the deliberations of Shri Birbal Sharma and Shri SP Singh, both members of Uttar Pradesh Transgender Welfare Board, Guddan Nayak,…

The two-day workshop on child rights and media was organized by PAIRVI at AN Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna on 1-2 May 2022. The workshop focused on themes like Child, childhood and child rights, accessing justice for children, laws and regulation for reporting on children, media reporting of children, storytelling /content development and press relations.  Dr. ShipraMathur, PEN Media Foundation, Sunil Jha , Senior Consultant Child Rights, Dr. Akhilesh Kumar, Assistant Professor Patna University, Santosh Upadhyaya, Child Rights Activist, Situ Tiwari, Freelance Journalist, Savita kumari, Hindustan, Pratima Paswan, GGMVH, Pramod Kumar Singh, Dainik Jagran, Ranvijay Kumar, Centre For Advocacy and Research, Ramakant Prasad Chandan, Editorial Adviser Rashtriya Sahara, Swayam Prakash, Senior Journalist and  Anand Madhab, Senior Development Professional and Media Consultant were among the resource persons.  More than 40…

An informal meeting was organized with the Pujhar community of Dhanphari Village under Mathurapur Block of Deoghar district in Jharkhand on 23rd April 2022. Around 30 people from this community participated in the meeting. They originally belong to the Khaira Paharia primitive tribe which is mentioned in the land record. They have descended from Rajmahal hills and made habitation at the foothill area. Their living conditions and social behavior are alike to PVTGs. They have raised two important issues, first lack of safe drinking water.  They claimed that among the 40-45 households only two hand pumps are there. They are largely dependent on Joria, a thin source of water coming from the hills, to fetch the water and second they are almost similar to primitive tribes in living condition and social behavior but…

The conference on Strengthening the Role of State Human Rights Commission and District Human Rights Court was jointly organized by PAIRVI and Legal Aid Committee, RMLNLU, Lucknow on 17th April 2022. The conference was organized to share the draft report of study on Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission and District Human Rights Court, Lucknow conducted by PAIRVI. Dr. Manish Singh, Chairperson of Legal Aid Committee delivered the inaugural speech. Dr. Vikas Bhati, Faculty RMLNLU spoke on the importance of digital human rights.  Dr. AD Singh, Faculty RMLNLU briefed the key finding of the study on SHRC and District Human Right Courts. Other panelists also shared their view on the role of the State Human Rights Commission and District Human Rights Court. Around 50 Law research scholars, academicians, advocates and social…

The consultation on Talash Naye Avsar Ki was organized jointly by PAIRVI and JJBVK, at Savitri Bai Phule Auditorium, Samastipur, Bihar on the occasion of International Women’s Day.   Large number of women workers and adolescent girls participated in the consultation. The consultation primarily focused on gender equality, rights to livelihood, equal opportunity, and right to education. Women beedi workers have also participated in the consultation and shared their concerns. Panelists also discussed about the crime against adolescent girls particularly sexual assaults, trafficking, child marriage and child labour. They have expressed their concerns over raising the number of crimes against the women in the district.    They have urged for a large social coalition to cope with women's issues. Women participants and panelists have been felicitated by the organization to commemorate the women’s Day.