II
CONTENTS
G]
H]
Custodial Institutions
40
1) Visits to Jails
40
2) Prison Population
42
3) Medical Examination of Prisoners on Admission to Jail
42
4) Mentally III Patients Languishing in Jails
43
5) Sensitisation of Jail Staff
43
6) Visits to Other Correctional Institutions/Protection Homes
45
Improvement of Forensic Science Laboratories
45
Review of Laws, Implementation of Treaties and
Other International Instruments of Human Rights
(Section 12(d), (f) and (j) of the Protection of
Human Rights Act, 1993)
48
A]
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, 2001
48
B]
Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
50
C]
Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
51
D]
Implementation of Treaties and other International Instruments
52
1) Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
52
2) Protocols to the Geneva Convention
52
3) Convention Against Torture
53
4) Convention and Protocol on the Status of Refugees
53
E]
Freedom of Information Bill, 2000
55
F]
Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995
6
Right to Health
A]
56
58
Public Health and Human Rights
59
1) General Recommendations
59
2) Recommendations on Access to Health Care
60
3) Recommendations on Tobacco Control
60
4) Recommendations on Nutrition
61
B]
HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
62
C]
Maternal Anaemia and Human Rights
63
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