Dealing Human Rights in a Distinct Way

12/09/014

Abhishek Jha

Terai Justice Center

Initiating a movement far different from the existing trend, Terai Human Rights Defenders Alliance (THRD Alliance) in collaboration with the similar institutions and other helping hands, have been working extensively on who to deal with the Human Rights cases from last few years.

THRD Alliance launched a two year project in 1^st July 2013. Project was all about Monitoring, Documentation and Litigation of Human Rights Violation in the Terai. The project got started with the objective of capacity building of the youths, human rights defenders, media persons, lawyers and the officers of Nepal Police on Human rights. Project sought to make people aware on the principles of human rights, constitutional and legal provisions, duties and responsibilities. Those activities also focused on media advocacy as different media outlets play vital role in the protection and promotion of human rights. THRD Alliance's activities also focused on the promotion of culture of dialogue to resolve the issue, and preparing a group of committed youth human rights defenders in the Terai. THRD Allinace has been developing and fostering such groups.

Project is working on Monitoring and Documentation, to establish a system of regular monitoring, documentation and dissemination of human rights violation cases by local human rights defenders. Dialogues and Capacity Building is focused for raising public awareness through dialogues and to enhance capacity of youth human rights defenders. The projects focus Litigation and Advocacy to enable the victims to have their say in the protection of human rights protection and delivery of justice.

As the outcome of last year work done, regular monitoring and documentation of human rights violations have been conducted in coordination with human rights defenders, capacity of youth human rights defenders and awareness of community people has increased through dialogues and training and litigation and advocacy for human rights protection has strengthened. Terai Human Rights bulletin is also being published electronically and distributed among the stakeholders, policy makers, community people and the human rights defenders to show the current and emerging pattern of human rights violations in the Terai. The project will end in June 2015.

There are several desired, who are highly motivated to work on the Human Rights issue, but most of them lack the technical knowledge. Human Rights Defenders lacks the basic skills to work on the field. Journalists also lack the knowledge of dealing with the words. Litigators are a bit unaware of the legal procedures. Police personnel’s also have very complexities with the legal and procedural steps. THRD Alliance has a distinct objective of rectifying all the flaws relating with Human Rights issue.

Project officials say, the response received from the field is motivating and in fact has inspired them to move ahead with rigidity on the mission.