Nagaland

My Body My Choice – A Human Rights Perspective of Abortion Law in India


  05.07.2019: Abortion has always been a highly contentious issue in the spheres of philosophy, religion, culture and politics. However, at the core of the debate on abortion is the question: who gets to decide to terminate a pregnancy? The tension between ..... Read More

Fact Finding Report on the conditions of three Sub Health Centres in Nagaland


  Date: 17.06.2019 A team of lawyers and researchers visited a three sub-health centre in the state of Nagaland namely Mima, Khonoma and Kigwema Sub Health Centre. The research aimed at checking the accessibility of health services provided by the various PHC in ..... Read More

Gauhati High Court: Kohima Bench gives positive order on the PIL filed by HRLN on stockout of anti-retroviral drugs.


A Public Interest Litigation petition was filed in the Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench, after the anti-retroviral drug (ARV), Nevirapine, was completely stocked out in all healthcare units in Nagaland at the end of August. In syrup form, the drug is administered to newborn infants to dramatically decrease the ..... Read More

Report on ‘Five-Day National Level Workshop on Contemporary Developments in the law relating to Violence and Discrimination against Women’ held from 19th to 23rd June 2018 in Goa


Five-day National level Workshop on contemporary developments in the law relating to violence and discrimination against women was organized by Human Rights Law Network and the Centre for Constitutional Rights in collaboration with various other organizations from across the country. It was held at St. Joseph Vaz ..... Read More

New HRLN Fact Finding Report: The Maternal Death of Lt. Tainyu at Panso Village of Nagaland


  A fact-finding team from Human Rights Law Network, Nagaland Unit consisting of a lawyer and a social activist  went to Panso village under Tuensang district. The team received information about the case of a maternal death from an aggrieved inhabitant of Pathso village. They also visited the Primary Health Centre, Panso ..... Read More