37. Death of 41 Persons in Cuttack and Khurda Districts on
Consuming Allegedly Contaminated Medicinal Preparations
(Case No. 557/18/3/2012) ..................................................................... 81
38. Lack of Potable Water During Power Cuts in 30 Villages of
Jind District in Haryana (Case No. 5730/7/8/2014) .............................. 82
D. Conditions in Prisons ........................................................................................... 82
a.
Visit to Jails ................................................................................................. 82
b.
Analysis of Prison Population ...................................................................... 85
E. Prison Reforms..................................................................................................... 86
F.
a)
National Seminar on Prison Reforms........................................................... 86
b)
Constitution of Expert Committee in NHRC for Amendment
to Prison Act, 1894 ....................................................................................... 88
Research Project................................................................................................... 88
Pilot Study of Undertrials in State of Uttar Pradesh ............................................ 88
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REACHING OUT ..................................................................................................... 89
A. Commission Meetings ......................................................................................... 89
B. NHRC Camp Sittingsand Open Hearings ............................................................ 89
C. Statutory Full Commission Meeting ................................................................... 93
D. Special Rapporteurs ............................................................................................. 94
E. Core and Expert Groups....................................................................................... 95
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RIGHT TO HEALTH ............................................................................................... 97
A. Silicosis ............................................................................................................... 99
B. NHRC Comments on Draft National Health Policy 2015 ................................. 109
C. Reconstitution of Core Advisory Group on Health............................................ 113
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