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
Rights for Rohingya Refugees- Camps at Mewat, Haryana
Haryana, Maternal Health, Research and Fact Finding
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
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A Fact Finding Report of the Sterilisation Camp Held at Manikchak Rural Hospital, District Malda, West Bengal
Research and Fact Finding, Sterilisation
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
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Issues Faced by Transgender Persons in Odisha
Odisha, Research and Fact Finding
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
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Access to Health Care Services-Post Liberalization Era
Assam, Maternal Health, Research and Fact Finding
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
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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