ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Preventing and Combating Sexual Harassment of Women at the Work Place 2.12 The Commission has played an active role in the implementation of the Supreme Court guidelines relating to the prevention and combating of sexual harassment of women at the workplace, popularly known as the Vishaka guidelines. In pursuance of Commission's efforts, all the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations have made necessary amendments in their Conduct Rules for employees and have informed the Commission about the constitution of Complaint Committees in the Ministries and Departments. Elimination of Child Labour and Bonded Labour System 2.13 The Commission's concern for children is evident in its relentless efforts to put an end to the practice of child labour and to ensure that all children are in schools and not part of the workforce. The NHRC held a National Level Workshop on Bonded and Child Labour issues in New Delhi on 27 June 2007 for senior officials of the Central Government, State Governments and Union Territory Administrations. It also undertook in-depth reviews of the bonded labour and child labour situation in the States of Karnataka, Orissa, Jharkhand, Punjab and Chhattisgarh. Based on these, specific recommendations were made to all the concerned authorities. Right to Health 2.14 In order to address the issue of shortage of doctors and nurses in rural areas, the Commission held a meeting with the Medical Council of India, the Indian Nursing Council and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in New Delhi on 30 August 2007 and made a number of recommendations which included one year of compulsory rural service for doctors and introduction of 'Emergency Medicine' as a specialty. Mental Health 2.15 The reconstituted Core Group on Mental Health met on 21 August 2007 at NHRC and reiterated that the basic needs of mentally ill persons, such as food, nutrition, health, sanitation and recreation, etc., should be fulfilled so that they are treated with dignity. The Core Group also suggested that mentally ill persons should be entitled to benefits like old age pension and other social security schemes. Besides, it stressed the need to involve non-governmental organizations in rehabilitating mentally ill persons. Leprosy and Human Rights 2.16 The Commission convened a meeting in New Delhi on 3 January 2008 to address the issue of leprosy related discrimination and made a number of recommendations including the 8 National Human Rights Commission

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