amendment/ deletion of discriminatory provision(s) in various Acts impacting on the rights of persons affected by leprosy. HIV/AIDS and Human Rights 2.17 The Commission made a film and a video spot on the rights of persons infected/affected by HIV/AIDS. These were telecast by Doordarshan and a few private channels and also shown during various awareness programmes. Right to Food 2.18 NHRC has been looking into the issue of right to food since 1997 and has set up a Core Group for this purpose that was later reconstituted. A meeting of the reconstituted Core Group on 9 August 2007 (the third meeting in series) emphasized the need for constitution of watch committees at various levels to oversee that right to food is ensured. In addition, NHRC is continuously monitoring the implementation of various schemes relating to food security in the country. In this context, it has taken up a programme of Human Rights Awareness & Facilitating Assessment of Enforcement of Human Rights Programme in 28 districts, with one district selected from each State. Rights of Displaced Persons 2.19 NHRC organized a National Conference on “Relief and Rehabilitation of Displaced Persons”from 24 to 25 March 2008 at New Delhi which was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister Shri Shivraj V. Patil. It made several recommendations for amendment to the proposed Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2007 and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2007. Issue of Female Foeticide 2.20 NHRC and the United Nations Population Fund undertook a collaborative project entitled "Research and Review to Strengthen Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act's Implementation Across Key States". The main objective of the research project is focussing on the impediments in the implementation of the Act by reviewing the cases registered by the States/Union Territories under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, identifying the hurdles in filing of such cases and studying the final orders passed on these cases. 2.21 The Commission also sent an investigation team to Pataudi village in Gurgaon District of Haryana, to enquire into the case relating to the recovery of half-burnt foetuses from a well near a nursing home, which was allegedly involved in sex determination tests and female foeticide for many years. National Human Rights Commission 9