... ... i ... ... .. Contents Preface 1 1 Introduction 6 2 Ten years of the Commission in retrospect A] B] C] Working of the Statute Handling of complaints Positions taken by the Commission on major human rights issues 1) Terrorism & Human Rights 2) Guidelines in respect of Custodial deaths/rapes, Post-Mortem examinations, "Encounters", and other related issues 3) Police, Prisons and the Administration of Criminal Justice 4) The Three "Unfreedoms" - Hunger, Illiteracy, Early Death: Striving for Economic and Social Rights 5) The Rights of Women and Children 6) The Issue of "inclusiveness": Rights of Marginalized and Vulnerable Sections of Society 7) Review of Legislation and Treaties 8) Human Rights Education and the "Multiplier Effect" of Core Groups 9) Summing up ANNUAL REPORT 2002-2003 10 10 13 15 16 17 18 18 19 22 25 26 27