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New HRLN Fact Finding Report: RKSK’S Disha Clinics for Adolescents in Delhi


A team consisting of eleven interns, Adil, Anamika Tyagi, Ananya Kuthiala, Anoop Kumar, Anu Anmol, Arshi,  Isha Goel, Kashni Bhamra, Mahima Duggal, Nishi Sangtani and Shebani Rose  and advocate, Deepak Kumar Singh (Human Rights Law Network), went on a fact-finding mission across various districts of Delhi to understand ..... Read More

HRLN publishes new book called ‘Fact Finding Mission Reports’


This book is a compilation of the 10 best Fact Finding Mission reports of 2017. It contains reports of states like New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Bihar on Reproductive Rights. It includes issues like maternal mortality, infant mortality, implementation of Indian Public Health Standards etc.      ..... Read More

The Ministry of Health has announced the implementation of HIV and AIDS Act


A crucial legislation for ensuring equal rights to persons affected by HIV and AIDS in getting treatment, admission in educational institutions and jobs has come into force. The Ministry of Health has announced the implementation of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Act through ..... Read More

Transgenders can file returns online, for now : Supreme Court of India


A Special Leave petition filed on March 7th, 2018 by HRLN had asked the Supreme Court to direct the Government to add a transgender column in PAN card applications. The Government counsel has assured the bench that the centre will rectify problems faced by Transgender people in linking Aadhar Card ..... Read More

Section 377 partially struck down: Supreme Court decriminalises consensual sex between same sex adults


A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, on 6 September, unanimously read down the British-era law which criminalised consensual homosexual sex in India. The Supreme Court overruled the Suresh Kaushik verdict of 2016, which had reversed the Delhi High Court ruling decriminalising sex between consenting adults in same sex ..... Read More