NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 199B-99 comm PAGE NO. 1 LOOKING BACK AND FORGING AHEAD 3 CHALLENGE OF CREDIBILITY 3 CHALLENGE OF SCALE & EXPECTATION 4 CHALLENGE OF VARIETY 5 CHALLENGE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE 6 CHALLENGE OF ENTRENCHED ATTITUDES 8 CIVIL LIBERTIES 11 (A) HUMAN RIGHTS IN AREAS OF TERRORISM & INSURGENCY 11 (B) CUSTODIAL DEATH, RAPE AND TORTURE 15 ( C ) ACCESSION TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE 17 (D) VIDEO FILMING OF POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION AND REVISION OF AUTOPSY FORMS (E) VISITS TQ POLICE LOCK-UPS (F) SYSTEMIC REFORMS: POLICE ( G ) SYSTEMIC REF0RMS:PRISONS (H) HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE (I) STUDY OF HEALTH CONDITIONS OF PRISONERS (J) VISIT TO JAILS (K) CONDlTlONS OF REMAND HOMES (L) IMPROVEMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORIES