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 on Non-Functioning of Blood bank in Balikuda CHC, Jagatsinghpur District, Odisha
Case, Images, Issues, Maternal Health, Odisha, Presentations, Publication, Quality of Care, Report, Research and Fact Finding, Update
Date: 17.06.2019
A team of lawyers and researchers visited Balikuda, in Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha to gather information about causes of death of the woman; with a view to protect and enforce the basic, fundamental and human right to life under Article 21
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Fact Finding Report on the conditions of three Sub Health Centres in Nagaland
Articles, Case, Images, Issues, Maternal Health, Nagaland, Quality of Care, Report, Research and Fact Finding, Uncategorized, Update
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
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AYUSHMAN BHARAT YOJANA
Articles, Delhi, Images, Impact, Kerala, Media Report, News, Odisha, Punjab, Research and Fact Finding
Date: 14.06.2019
Report prepared by Niyati Bhardwaj
AYUSHMAN BHARAT YOJANA
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech of 2018, announced the launch of the Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme (AB-NHPS).
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Guwahati High Court: Baksa district to get blood bank
Assam, Case, Landmark, Litigation, Media Report, News, Research and Fact Finding, Uncategorized, Update
Date: 21.05.2019
Baksa District will finally get blood bank thanks to a PIL filed by a Guwahati High Court Advocate Alin Mahanta with support from Human rights law network (HRLN).
Guwahati High court on Tuesday directed the state government to run a blood
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Fact Finding Report on the conditions of the District Hospitals in Manipur
Manipur, Maternal Health, Publication, Quality of Care, Research and Fact Finding, States, Update
A team of lawyers and a researchers visited four district hospitals in the state of Manipur namely Bishnupur District Hospital, Senapati District Hospital, Chandel District Hospital and Thoubal District Hospital to analyze the conditions and find out the kind of facilities that are available. Read teh full Report below
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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