National Human Right Commission custodial deaths / rapes; sexual harassment by policemen; custodial torture; false implication; illegal detention; bonded and child labour; atrocities on scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and other disadvantaged groups; medical negligence and lack of proper medical facilities in Government hospitals; death due to negligence of various State authorities; inhuman conditions in jails and shelter homes for children. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Regional Public Hearing on Right to Health Care 2.32 A two-day Western Region Public Hearing on Right to Health Care was organized by the Research Division of the NHRC in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; Public Health Resource Society, New Delhi and Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA), in Mumbai on 6 and 7 January 2016. JSA is a civil society coalition consisting of over 20 networks and 1,000 organizations as well as a large number of individuals working for the health rights of the people across the country. The Regional Hearing had the participation of the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Government health officials from these States along with a large number of complainants whose health rights were violated, including representatives of non-governmental and civil society organizations participated in the Regional Public Hearing. Reconstitution of NHRC Core Group on Food 2.33 The Commission on 26 August 2015 reconstituted its Core Advisory Group on Right to Food to advise it on issues relating to right to food in India. The Core Group consists of 13 distinguished experts in the field of right to food from the Government, Universities, non-governmental and civil society 18 Annual Report - 2015-2016

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