Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Disability - a Paradigm Shift: from Welfare to Human Rights 3 3 Situation in Gujarat 13 4 Civil Liberties 22 A] Protection of Human Rights in Situations of Terrorism & Insurgency 22 B] Custodial Deaths/Torture 25 C] Encounter Deaths 28 D] Systemic Reforms: Police 29 E] Functioning of Human Rights Cells in State Police Headquarters 30 F] Human Rights and Administration of Criminal Justice System 31 G] Custodial Institutions 33 1) Visits to Jails 2) Review of Jail Infrastructure and connected facilities in Orissa and Jharkhand 3) Prison Population 4) Analysis of Prison Population as of 31 December 2002 5) Analysis of prison population as of 30 June 2003 6) Sensitization of Jail Staff 7) Action Taken reports received from states 8) Mentally Ill Persons languishing in Jails 9) Prison Reforms 10) Visits to Other Correctional Institutions/Protection Homes H] Improvement of Forensic Science Laboratories 48