Serious human rights violations occur across the world on a daily basis, yet very few, if any, are reported, either in the international media, academia or in the public sphere more generally. Fact finding missions allow for these violations to be documented and publicised and therefore create a space where human rights violations can be exposed and hopefully, in the future, prevented.
The activists from the Initiative on a fact finding mission to Chhattisgarh
Undertaking fact finding missions is a key strategy of the Reproductive Rights Initiative. The Initiative has conducted numerous fact findings in thirteen Indian states since 2011. Fact finding reports are used by the Initiative to support legal and social interventions on a wide range of reproductive and sexual rights. The Initiative has coordinated fact findings on subjects as diverse as the international surrogacy industry, child marriage, unsafe and unlawful sterilization and medical services available to pregnant and lactating homeless women. By working closely with local activists, advocates and NGOs, the Initiative ensures that its fact findings are as accurate, informative and reliable as possible. The Initiative has successfully utilised fact finding reports as evidence of human rights violations in the Indian courts and as advocacy tools to show the need for higher standards of reproductive and sexual rights.
Research & Fact-finding
Fact-Finding Report on Maternal Health in the Ghaziabad Government Health Sector
Maternal Health, Research and Fact Finding
Inadequate maternal health care is a serious problem throughout India. Indicators such as the maternal mortality rate (MMR), infant mortality rate (IMR), malnutrition, limited access to contraception, low levels of safe institutional delivery and the unavailability of adequate healthcare all contribute to poor maternal health.
Government data from 2004 –
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Fact-Finding Report on Night Shelters in New Delhi: The Status of Pregnant and Lactating Women
Maternal Health, New Delhi, Research and Fact Finding
Urban homelessness is an increasing problem in modern India generally and New Delhi in particular. Homeless people are arguably among the most disenfranchised people in the country. In its recommendation on a national programme for shelters and other services for the homeless, the National Advisory Council stated “life on
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Fact-finding Report on Maternal Health in Tehri District Uttarakhand
Maternal Health, Research and Fact Finding
On 14th March 2013, a team consisting of a Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) social activist and a local advocate (‘the team’) travelled to Tehri District (‘the District’) in Uttarakhand to conduct a follow up fact-finding on National Rural Health Mission (‘NRHM’) implementation and maternal health in the area. The
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Fact-Finding Report on High Rates of Caesareans in Kollam and Alappuzha Districts (Kerala)
Maternal Health, Research and Fact Finding
Kerala is often presented as a role model state of India in terms of the education and health of its population. The maternal mortality rate (MMR) for Kerala is one of the lowest in India. MMR for Kerala was 110 compared to India’s 301 (per 1 lakh live births)
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Fact-Finding Report on Compliance Visits to Motia Khan Shelter
Litigation, Maternal Health, New Delhi, Research and Fact Finding
On 1st February 2013, the High Court of New Delhi heard opening arguments in the case of Priya Kale vs. Government of NCT Delhi and Ors., (W.P. (C) 641 of 2013). The case concerns the shocking conditions in government homeless shelters in Delhi, particularly for pregnant and lactating women. The petitioner,
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Litigation
- Presentations from the Two Day Webinar on Reproductive Rights on 23rd & 24th of May, 2020
- Patna High Court: Ration facility for all transgender persons
- Nikhil Datar vs. Union of India: A long drawn struggle
- Patna High Court gives favourable order in response to the PIL on water logging in the state
- Guwahati High Court delivers landmark judgement; Department of Health and Family Welfare to pay Twenty Five Lakh Rupees to Petitioner in Nagaland
Fact Finding
- Presentations from the Two Day Webinar on Reproductive Rights on 23rd & 24th of May, 2020
- Report on the State level Consultation in Arunachal Pradesh on 2nd & 3rd November, 2019
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Dictionary
News
- Report of the two day webinar on ‘Access to Reproductive Justice’ on 23rd & 24th May, 2020
- Report of the National level consultation on Trans people and women’s issues- 28th & 29th December, 2019
- Nikhil Datar vs. Union of India: A long drawn struggle