The National Human Rights Commission organised a day long Workshops on 'Elimination of Bonded labour and Child labour at Ranchi and Bhopal in collaboration with the Governments of Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh on the 9th and 29th September, 2016 respectively. Justice Shri D. Murugesan, Member, NHRC, chaired both the workshops. In the Ranchi workshop, the aspect of human trafficking was also included.
The participants included senior officers of the State Governments, representatives of State Human Rights Commission, NGOs and representatives of brick kilns, stone crushing and other related industries. Law students of final year and research scholars were also invited to the workshops.
The objective of the Workshops is to familiarize and sensitize the District Magistrates, Sub Divisional Magistrates, State Labour Officers and Members of Vigilance Committees, brick kilns, stone crushing and other related industries 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 Commission, in its endeavor to raise concerns on the continuance of bonded labour has organised 38 workshops so far to sensitize official machinery to work for its abolition in different parts of the country.