Institute of Human Rights Advocacy and Research conducted a two days Training for Human Rights Defenders at Chennai on 17th & 18th Jan 2017. 39 participants took part in this training. Participants include social work students, activists working for third gender’s rights, reforms in mental health institutions and mentally challenged persons’ rights, minorities’ rights, youth development, women’s rights and scheduled caste & scheduled tribes.

1. Institute of Human Rights Advocacy and Research
Workshop for Human Rights Defenders to gain rights
in various custodial institutions
Institute of Human Rights Advocacy and Research conducted a two days Training
for Human Rights Defenders at Chennai on 17th & 18th Jan 2017. 39 participants
took part in this training. Participants include social work students, activists
working for third
gender’s rights,
reforms in mental
health institutions and
mentally challenged
persons’ rights,
minorities’ rights,
youth development,
women’s rights and
scheduled caste &
scheduled tribes.
The participants were trained in History of
Human Rights, UN structure, various International Treaties and Committees
formed for protecting the rights, fundamental embedded in the Indian
constitution, structure of courts and its powers, why special detention acts
should abolished, rights in
police custody,
interrogation, prisoners’
rights, exercise to write a
complaint, approaching
various commissions,
Prevention of atrocities
act, Right to Information,
techniques to monitor
Human Rights violations,
how to conduct fact finding investigations,
documentation, advocacy and how to litigate.
At the end of the training, the participants were
involved in a theatre performance based on today’s
social issues like Policing, Caste system, Bureaucracy
and Judiciary.
As a final touch CCJAT’s convenor Mr. Jeeva conferred
all the participants with the certificate of participation
in the two days training programme conducted by
Human Rights Institute.