Citizens for Justice and Peace
Hate Hatao: CJP doubled its efforts to check hate crimes in 2021 Petitions moved before several authorities led to favourable outcomes
28-Dec-2021
The year 2021 saw CJP step up its campaign against hate and bigotry. We approached several authorities against incidents of targeted violence against minorities, incendiary statements made by public figures against women and minorities as well as inflammatory speeches. CJP’s complaints have invoked action from the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) as well as the…
Defending Forest Rights in 2021 CJP and AIUFWP stand by Adivasis and forest dwellers amidst mounting challenges
27-Dec-2021
As the Covid-19 pandemic continued to pose new threats via more infectious and deadly variants, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) and the All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) worked hard to ensure it did not allow vested interests and their stooges in the administration an opportunity to snatch away Forest Rights of…
Attacks on Tharu Adivasis: NHRC issues final warning to UP forest department for inaction The Department has been ignoring the Commission's demand for a report for over a year
22-Oct-2021
In July 2020, the Tharu Adivasis of Kajaria Village in Dudhwa Tiger reserve, Lakhimpur Kheri, UP were assaulted by forest officials and local police who even fired shots in the air, molested women and beat up some youngsters. Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) and the All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) immediately…
No eviction of forest dwellers without resolution of land claims: NHRC Chief J. Arun Mishra (retd.) takes stand against eviction of tribals without resolution of land claims
31-Jul-2021
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice (retired) Arun Mishra has said that no Adivasi/tribal should be evicted without the settlement of his/her claim related to land rights, while chairing a webinar organised by the Commission with Human Rights Defenders and Civil Societies on human rights issues. Another suggestion that he gave during the webinar…
Pushing Human Rights Jurisprudence a Challenge A tribute to legal luminary KG Kannabiran
15-Feb-2021
Kanna advanced the argument that there should not be any form of prior sanction for prosecuting a policeman in a Human Rights Court. The fact that there is the establishment of a Human Rights Court at the district level under the protection of Human Rights Act is by itself a statutory sanction. No separate sanction…
CJP petitions NHRC over communal clashes in Madhya Pradesh A daily wager’s house was illegal razed as a consequence
19-Jan-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has, in a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), urged the authority to take a suo motu notice and conduct an investigation into the violence and inflammatory sloganeering against the residents of Begum Bagh in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. On January 18, 2021, CJP approached the Commission to…
Dalit youth assaulted: NHRC transfers CJP complaint to UPHRC The victim was accused of assault instead, and incarcerated on the complaint of his assailants!
12-Nov-2020
CJP moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the issue of caste based violence in a small village of Uttar Pradesh where a young Dalit boy was beaten up by ‘upper caste’ men. This complaint has been redirected and transferred by the NHRC to the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission (UPHRC) for consideration and…
NHRC’s advisories on Covid-19 How to help women, children, prisoners, persons with disability or mental illness
14-Oct-2020
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is a statutory body under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 that aims to protect and promote the cause of Human Rights in India. It looks into violations of human rights by any State actors, recommend measures for the effective implementation of Human rights, to encourage organisations within…
CJP-AIUFWP move NHRC against firing on peaceful Adivasi protesters in Kaimur Many protesters were also arrested, their demands fell on deaf ears
01-Oct-2020
In a shocking display of impunity and abuse of power, the Bihar Police fired at and wrongfully arrested Adivasi activists of Kaimur Mukti Morcha on September 11, 2020 during a sit-in demonstration demanding land, forest and water in Kaimur. Now, CJP and the All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) have brought to the…
Sultanpur rape case: NHRC demands police report on death threats to journalist CJP had moved NHRC seeking protection for reporter who had exposed police inaction and possible cover-up in the case
03-Aug-2020
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked UP Police to file an Action Taken Report in the case of a journalist receiving death threats and threats for false implication in cases after he reported on inaction of police in a rape case in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. In October 2019, Citizens for Justice and Peace…