NHRC's day long Regional Workshop on Bonded Labour begins at Lucknow today (11.9.2015)
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New Delhi, 11th September, 2015
A day long Regional Workshop on 'Elimination of Bonded Labour' organised by the National Human Rights Commission for the two States of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand began in Lucknow today. The Workshop was inaugurated by NHRC Member, Justice Shri D. Murugesan, who is also chairing it. The Workshop has been organised in collaboration with the Government of Uttar Pradesh at Hotel Piccadilly, Kanpur Road, Sector-B, Bara Birwa, Lucknow.
The objective of the Workshop is to familiarize and sensitize the District Magistrates, Sub Divisional Magistrates, State Labour Officers and Members of Vigilance Committees etc. in the process of identification, release and rehabilitation of bonded labourers and with the provisions of Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 and other related legislations.
The participants of the Workshop include, senior officers of the Governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The representatives State Human Rights Commissions of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, NGOs and Brick Kilns Associations are also attending the Workshop.
National Human Rights Commission was asked by the Supreme Court of India in 1997 to get involved in the monitoring of the implementation of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976. The Court's directions came while hearing a Writ Petition (No. 3922/1985) - People's Union for Civil Liberties Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others. Since then, the NHRC has been overseeing the implementation of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976 in different parts of the country.
Therefore, the Commission, in its endeavour to raise concerns on the continuance of bonded labour has been organising workshops to sensitize official machinery to work for its abolition in different parts of the country. It has organised 31 workshops on elimination of bonded labour so far.
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New Delhi, 11th September, 2015
A day long Regional Workshop on 'Elimination of Bonded Labour' organised by the National Human Rights Commission for the two States of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand began in Lucknow today. The Workshop was inaugurated by NHRC Member, Justice Shri D. Murugesan, who is also chairing it. The Workshop has been organised in collaboration with the Government of Uttar Pradesh at Hotel Piccadilly, Kanpur Road, Sector-B, Bara Birwa, Lucknow.
The objective of the Workshop is to familiarize and sensitize the District Magistrates, Sub Divisional Magistrates, State Labour Officers and Members of Vigilance Committees etc. in the process of identification, release and rehabilitation of bonded labourers and with the provisions of Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 and other related legislations.
The participants of the Workshop include, senior officers of the Governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The representatives State Human Rights Commissions of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, NGOs and Brick Kilns Associations are also attending the Workshop.
National Human Rights Commission was asked by the Supreme Court of India in 1997 to get involved in the monitoring of the implementation of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976. The Court's directions came while hearing a Writ Petition (No. 3922/1985) - People's Union for Civil Liberties Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others. Since then, the NHRC has been overseeing the implementation of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976 in different parts of the country.
Therefore, the Commission, in its endeavour to raise concerns on the continuance of bonded labour has been organising workshops to sensitize official machinery to work for its abolition in different parts of the country. It has organised 31 workshops on elimination of bonded labour so far.
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