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Aa part of ttm grow in^ effort to mate an mmwms of human rights in the
edumtiml system of Uw country, the Central Board of Smmday Edwtion, the
Kendriya V i y a l a p Sangathan and the National Opm School have dsclded to observe
t O m m b r each p a r ow Hman Rim P l y . The SWs Educetkn SscretPries have
bean asked to arw;wr~gathk obsarvmnce each year, while the Depbrtment of Youth
Affairs and SpMb ha8 deded that Ncrhru Yuvak Kendrrr will dm do so.
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issue of hman rights aducmtion k om M irequirss a long-term strategy
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and the i n v o h m n t of d l p d M s playem, both governmsntal and non+overnmental.
The period 18Q52004wae Wgnated by the United Nations as the UN Decade for
Human Rights Educetion. While the ground mrrk has h e n hid by the Commission
and its pertnem in the paat hwr years for the O ~ S ~ ~ V ~of
~ this
I C BDecade, far mom needs
to bs dons to briw th vmrioua dements end paalbiliblss togather. The Commission
h u thembra brsn In touch with the key Mlnistrles concsmed, so that a cohesive
programme is dmvimd for the country rr 8 who&, dmning upon the talents and
enthusla8m d all those who am Intsmstsd In thl8 6ubj.d. Further, with ths 50th
Annlvenary of the adoption of ths U n h f w l Osdrntlon of Human Right8 due In 1Q88,
an excellent opportunity a r l w to rtimulats nation-wlds internet and activity in the
furtherance ef thh gmrt mure.
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HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
FOR POLICE PERSONNEL
6.10 Together wtth the taking d ddermlnd atepa to bring about reform8 In the polim, (
tha Commi88lon ha8 continud to praaa far, and contributa tbwrrds, the hlnlng and
re-training of police psrsonnsl so as to make them more awam of, and sensitive to,
human right8 considerations.
6.1 1 Whik the Sardar Vdlrbhbhal Prrtel National Police Acmdemy in Hyderabad has,
for some years, b e n fully conscious of the nssd for such training, it has been ewiirrtial
for the Commission to take this message mom fully to the State-he1 training inatitutionr
and to those members of tha force who am, Ibral!y, at the cutting edge. In pursuance
of this objective, the Chairperson and Members have fmqusntly had occasion to attend
counes run for poll= psmonnd snd the Dimctor General (ImrestQatim)and his stmfl
have been regular visitors to police training Institutions in various parts of the country.
The Commission has also, a8 indicated in Ita last Annuol Report, devilcad a three-tier