For these purposes, the Institute will offer regular undergraduate and postgraduate
courses on human rights, fundamental dutie~,nadonavintemational human rights issues,
orientation courses for NGOb, law teachers, academic functionaries, motivational courses for
functionaries of political parties, Panchayatr Raj institutions, trade unions, media persons and
a package of programmes for training civil service entrants.
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13.10 The Documentation Wing will have a library and a llnk up with depositories through
websitdinternet facilities, A special llnk will be established with the Commission for facilitating
access to lectures and research papers. The lnstitute will also offer courses and facilities For
research work in other important areas related to human rights, such as ulssuesof Pluralism".
13.11 The Chairperson of the lnstitute for Human Rights Education, Research and
Documentation shall be of the I e e l d a very senior prohisor or a retired High Court Judge,
who would be appointed for a period of three years. He will be selected by a Committee
headed by the Chairperson, NHRC or his nominhe, with the Director of NLSIU, 8angalore or
his nominee and the Secretary General, NHRC as Members. He wlll be directly responsible to
the University for the day-to-day running of the Institute.
13. t 2 The NHRC has created an endowment, with an one tlme cmtribution of Rs. 30 lams,
in order to meat expenses relating to the Chair.The other recurring and non-recurringexpenses
will be met by NLSIU.
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HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION FOR POLICE PERSONNEL
13.13 During the course of the year 1998-99, the Chairperson, Members of the Commission
and officers of the Investigation Division, led by the Director General (Investigation), continued
their efforts to sensitize all levels of the police to human rights issues. In particular, during
their visits to the various States, discussions were held wtth the Directors General of Polit% as
also the Heads of Police Training Institutions to encourage them to adopt and effectively use
the human rights training materials prepared by the Commission for polica personnel at the
basic and refresher course level. The Commission is convinced that training programmes,
when properly structured and conducted, can have a most valuable effect on pollee personnel
and improve their responme even in provocative situations.
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION FOR PARAMILITARY AND ARMED FORCES
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PERSONNEL
13.14 The Commission sustained its efforts to ensure that the para-military forces of the
country continued to improve the quality of their training in human rights matters. Towards this
end, the Director General (Investigation) held a meeting with senior officers of the rank of I.G.