The National Seminar on Human Rights and Criminal Justice System in India: Police, Prosecutors &
The Department of Law, University of Pune, organised a three-day `National Seminar on Human Rights and the Criminal Justice System in India: Police, Prosecutors and Prisons’ from 25 – 27 March 2000. The Chairperson, Justice J.S. Verma, inaugurated the Seminar on 25 March 2000. The Inaugural Session was presided over by Dr. S. P. Sathe, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Pune.
Justice J.S. Verma, in his keynote address, stressed the need to protect and enforce Human Rights and the importance of this in the administration of the Criminal Justice System in India.
Making a strong case to protect the human rights of undertrial prisoners, Justice Verma emphasised that "unless a concerted effort is made to design strategies for speedy trials and to reduce the number of cases, undertrials and prisoners, the human rights of the community will continue to be violated". He lamented the inhuman living conditions prevailing in prisons and argued for fundamental prison reforms with a view to rehabilitating prisoners.
Dr. S.P. Sathe, in his presidential remarks, reviewed the human rights scene in India and complimented the Indian Judiciary and the National Human Rights Commission for their commitment to human rights and their consistent zeal to ensue the observance of such rights in the administration of Criminal Justice.
The three-day seminar deliberated upon the relevance of Human Rights; the role of Human Rights Commissions; Human Rights and Prisons; Human Rights of Victims and Human Rights of the Accused.
Justice J.S. Verma, in his keynote address, stressed the need to protect and enforce Human Rights and the importance of this in the administration of the Criminal Justice System in India.
Making a strong case to protect the human rights of undertrial prisoners, Justice Verma emphasised that "unless a concerted effort is made to design strategies for speedy trials and to reduce the number of cases, undertrials and prisoners, the human rights of the community will continue to be violated". He lamented the inhuman living conditions prevailing in prisons and argued for fundamental prison reforms with a view to rehabilitating prisoners.
Dr. S.P. Sathe, in his presidential remarks, reviewed the human rights scene in India and complimented the Indian Judiciary and the National Human Rights Commission for their commitment to human rights and their consistent zeal to ensue the observance of such rights in the administration of Criminal Justice.
The three-day seminar deliberated upon the relevance of Human Rights; the role of Human Rights Commissions; Human Rights and Prisons; Human Rights of Victims and Human Rights of the Accused.