Research and Fact Finding

Rights for Rohingya Refugees- Camps at Mewat, Haryana


The Rohingya are among an estimated 10 million stateless people worldwide. India, despite hosting some 30,000 registered refugees, has no legal recognition of asylum seekers, making it difficult for them to use essential services like schools and hospitals. The Rohingya community is among the most vulnerable. According to the ..... Read More

A Fact Finding Report of the Sterilisation Camp Held at Manikchak Rural Hospital, District Malda, West Bengal


On February 5, 2013 a mega female Minilap Ligation operation camp was held at Manikchak rural hospital of Malda district of West Bengal where 103 women were sterilised. It was reported in the local media that the women who were sterilised in this camp were kept on the open ground ..... Read More

Issues Faced by Transgender Persons in Odisha


Between 20 July and 22 July 2015, social activists from the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) conducted a fact-finding mission in Cuttack (Cuttack district) and Bhubaneswar (Khurdha district), Odisha in order to establish the current situation of the transgender communities living in these areas. Odisha has a very visible transgender ..... Read More

Access to Health Care Services-Post Liberalization Era


Health is one of the most important interventions in the Economic and Social development and improved quality of life of the citizen. The north-eastern state of Assam with the highest maternal deaths in the country has managed to drop its number of maternal deaths in the last ..... Read More