ANNUAL REPORT 2004
Categorisation of Complaints by nature of Human Rights
Months
Types of complaints
Shrawan Bhadra
Civil and Political Rights
6
39
Economic, Social &
Cultural Rights
3
1
Women’s Rights
2
4
Child Rights
Torture and Compensation
/Damages
Aswin
Kartik
Mangsir
Poush
Magh
68
64
110
59
72
80
51
2
7
1
2
2
1
Jestha
Ashad
Total
59
48
57
713
2
3
6
27
1
2
4
22
2
3
5
2
1
3
3
3
4
3
1
1
2
1
29
3
9
14
14
13
8
13
18
16
28
25
36
197
1
1
3
1
1
1
8
Caste-based Discrimination
Total
4
1
Violation of Humanitarian
Laws
★Miscellaneous Rights
2
Falgun Chaitra Baishak
7
10
5
10
10
4
10
7
6
5
4
6
84
26
65
90
94
140
78
103
119
76
96
85
111
1083
★Complaints that are not categorised under the above convention but are violations of human rights have been included under other
rights heads.
Categorisation of Complaints concerning Civil and Political Rights
There were 713 complaints concerning civil and political rights whereas those relating to
economic and socio-cultural rights stood at 27. Similarly, there were 22 complaints concerned
with women’s rights, 3 with child rights, 29 with torture and compensation/damages, 197
with the violation of humanitarian laws, and 8 with the caste discrimination and other
rights. Those complaints, which the afore-mentioned categories do not cover but are the
incidents of rights violation, have been encompassed within the miscellaneous category.
Types of complaints
Months
Shrawan Bhadra
Aswin
Kartik
Mangsir
Poush
Magh
Falgun Chaitra Baishak Jestha
Ashad
Total
Disappearances
5
30
61
55
99
49
52
62
41
42
36
43
575
Extra-judicial killings
1
3
3
5
6
8
15
13
4
5
6
5
74
4
1
3
4
1
3
4
4
4
1
3
32
5
14
Extra-judicial custody
2
Freedom
7
Displacement by the govt.
1
Injuries
1
1
Miscellaneous★
Total
6
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
39
68
64
110
59
72
80
51
59
4
1
15
48
57
713
★It includes complaints relating to threats, pleas for soliciting security arrangement, and coverage against likely arrests.
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