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Population Policy - Development and Human Rights

The document discusses the District Police Complaints Authority in India. The Authority examines public grievances regarding rude or uncivil behavior by police, abuse of authority, wrongful arrests, and custodial violence. It is composed of the Principal Judge of the District as Chairman, the Collector of the District as Member, and the Senior Superintendent of Police of the district as Member. The District Superintendent of Police serves as Member Secretary. The Authority makes recommendations to address complaints. Some states like Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Orissa, and Lakshadweep have established District Complaints Authorities.

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Population Policy - Development and Human Rights

The document discusses the District Police Complaints Authority in India. The Authority examines public grievances regarding rude or uncivil behavior by police, abuse of authority, wrongful arrests, and custodial violence. It is composed of the Principal Judge of the District as Chairman, the Collector of the District as Member, and the Senior Superintendent of Police of the district as Member. The District Superintendent of Police serves as Member Secretary. The Authority makes recommendations to address complaints. Some states like Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Orissa, and Lakshadweep have established District Complaints Authorities.

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The composition of the "District Police Complaints Authority" was as

under :-
1. The Principal Judge of the District concerned - Chairman
2. The Collector of the District - Member
3. The Senior Superintendent of Police - Member
In-charge of the district
The District Superintendent of Police shall be the ex-officio Member
Secretary of the Committee.
The functions of the Authority are to examine grievances of the public
in the matter of rude and uncivil behaviour towards the public, abuse
of authority, misuse of power, wrongful arrests and detentions,
custodial violence and to make appropriate recommendations to
Government or the State or National Human Rights Commission. This
system is in existence and is working in the State of Kerala.
As the approval of the High Courts of the concerned State
Governments was required for the implementation of the proposal,
Chief Justices of all High Courts and Chief Ministers/Administrators of
States/UTs were addressed by the Commission to constitute a District
Complaints Authority in each District.
Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Orissa and UT of Lakshadweep
reported to have constituted the District Complaints Authority.
The matter is being pursued with the State Judiciaries and State
Governments/Union Territory Administrations.
Population Policy – Development and Human Rights
In order to initiate a dialogue from the perspective of both
development and human rights with regard to the implementation of
effective population policies at the Centre and State levels as well as
deliberate on the mechanisms to achieve this objective, the
Commission in collaboration with the Department of Family Welfare,
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the United Nations
Population Fund organised a two-day

Colloquium on ‘Population Policy – Development and Human Rights’.


The Recommendations and Declaration that emerged from this
Colloquium was adopted by the Commission and the same were sent
to all the State Governments/Union Territories for compliance.
The Commission is following-up the matter with the State
Governments/Union Territories.

Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993


Act 10 of 1994
An Act to provide for the constitution of a National Human Rights
Commission, State Human Rights Commissions in States and Human
Rights Courts for better protection of human rights and for matters
connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament
in the Forty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Sections of the Act
Chapter I: Preliminary
 1. Short title, extend and commencement
 2. Definition
 2(d): "human rights" means the rights relating to life, liberty,
equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the
Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and
enforceable by courts in India;
 2(f) "International Covenants" means the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted by the General
Assembly of the United Nations on the 16th December, 1966;
Chapter II: National Human Rights Commission
 3.Constitution of a National Human Rights Commission
 4. Appointment of Chairperson and other Members
 5. Removal of a Member of the Commission
 6. Term of office of Members
 7. Member to act as Chairperson or to discharge his functions in
certain circumstances
 8. Terms and conditions of service of Members
 9. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate the proceedings of the
Commission
 10. Procedure to be regulated by the Commission
 11. Offices and other staff of the Commission
Chapter III: Functions and Powers of the Commission
 12. Functions of the Commission
 13. Powers relating to inquiries
 14. Investigation
 15. Statement made by persons to the Commission
 16. Persons likely to be prejudicially affected to be heard
Chapter IV: Procedure
 17. Inquiry into complaints
 18. Steps after inquiry
 19. Procedure with respect to armed forces
 20. Annual and special reports of the commission
Chapter V: State Human Rights Commission
 21. Constitution of State Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Concepts
The concept of right was first systematically developed in Rome. For
Roman jurists, right, law and justice were inseparable, and the term
just was used to refer to them all. Rights were created by law, and law
was an articulation of community's conception of justice. Rights were
subject to several constraints, and restricted depth and scope. During
several centuries of feudalism, the picture was equally complex. Not
only the indi- vidual but such traditional communities and groups as
the cities guilds and estates were also bearers of rights. National
Human Rights Commission established in 1993 has also contributed a
lot in protection of human rights in India1. This section builds on
materials from the
Human Rights Reference Handbook by Dr. Magdalena Sepúlveda,
Dr. Theo van Banning, Gudrun D. Gudmundsdottir, Christine Chamoun
and Dr. Willem J.M. van Genugten.
Human rights are at the core of international law and international
relations. They represent basic values common to all cultures, and
must be respected by countries worldwide. The aim of this Section is
to describe the present situation in the field of human rights in theory
and practice as well as promote the fundamental values they
represent. The Section is divided into six parts:
Part I discusses the concept of human rights from its origins to the
broad interpretation given to it today. First, the concept of human
rights is introduced as well as general elements of international law,
including the application of principles of human rights law. The
emphasis is further laid on three major dimensions: standards (the
human rights norms as defined in internationally agreed texts);
supervision (the mechanisms to monitor compliance with human rights
standards); and the ways in which respect for human rights is put into
practice.
Part II gives an account of the principal organisations where human
rights are discussed. States use these organisations to define new
standards, to agree on procedures, and to supervise compliance. First
examined is the universal system, meaning, in this context, the United
Nations system. Thereafter, regional arrangements are discussed,
focusing on the supervisory mechanisms in Europe, the Americas and
Africa.
Part III addresses substantive human rights as they are laid down in
various international treaties. In order to avoid the traditional
categorisations of human rights, they are grouped into twelve clusters
of human rights. Each right is explained in detail and the latest
developments in standard setting and supervision are set out.
Part IV deals with issues relating to protection of vulnerable groups.
Again, twelve particularly vulnerable groups have been identified and it
is stressed that the persons belonging to them require special
attention. It is not sufficient merely to ensure that there is no
discrimination against them: special measures are essential to protect
and promote their rights.
Part V discusses relations between human rights and other fields,
such as development, economic co-operation, environmental
protection, armed conflict and terrorism.
Part VI examines the respective /the-human-rights-
project/?CacheRefresh=1roles of various actors such as states,
nongovernmental organisations, individual human rights defenders and
multinational companies. The aim is to examine their work and ways
to enhance respect for human rights. The role of the European Union
in the promotion and protection of human rights is discussed.
Human Rights Instruments

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