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HUMAN RIGHTS LAW NETWORK

The Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) is a collective of lawyers and social activists dedicated to the use of the legal system to advance human rights, struggle against violations, and ensure access to justice for all. A not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation, HRLN defines rights to include economic, social and cultural rights as well as civil and political rights. HRLN believes human rights are universal and indivisible, and their realization is an immediate goal.

Starting in 1989 as an informal group of lawyers and social activists, HRLN has evolved into a human rights organisation with an active presence in many states of India. HRLN provides pro bono legal services, conducts public interest litigation, engages in advocacy, conducts legal awareness programmes, investigates violations, publishes ‘know your rights’ materials, and participates in campaigns for justice.

HRLN collaborates with social movements, human rights organizations, and grass-roots development groups to enforce the rights of children, dalits, people with disabilities, farmers, HIV positive people, the homeless, indigenous peoples, prisoners, refugees, religious and sexual minorities, women, and workers, among others.

HRLN views the legal system as a limited but crucial instrument for realizing human rights. HRLN also believes that large scale struggles against human rights violations have to be waged by social and political movements, and that the legal system can play a significant supportive role in these struggles.

OUR VISION

Protect fundamental human rights, increase access to basic resources for marginalised communities, and

eliminate discrimination.

Create a justice delivery system that is accessible, accountable, transparent, efficient and affordable, and works for

the underprivileged.

Raise the level of pro bono legal expertise for the poor to make the work uniformly competent as well as

compassionate.

Professionally train a new generation of public interest lawyers and paralegals who are comfortable both in the

world of law as well as in social movements, and who learn from the social movements to refine legal concepts and

strategies.

Work towards an increased awareness of rights as universal and indivisible, and their realization as an immediate

goal.

OUR PUBLICATIONS

HRLN publishes ‘know your rights’ material including books, reports and posters. These publications aim to simplify and make accessible important developments in human rights and law in India.

Researched by our experienced staff of lawyers, social workers and activists, the publications are a valuable resource for lawyers, activists, judges, academics, researchers, concerned individuals, the media and educational institutions. The books aim to fulfill the widely felt need for single published sources that bring together legal materials relevant to particular areas of human right law.

Recognizing the limited resources available to lawyers and activists living away from metropolises, HRLN seeks to meet their need for information by publishing and distributing comprehensive material. The books are compilations of important judgments and case law, and include analysis of the use of laws and commentaries on the response of the legal system. Selected material is also translated into languages other than English, and we hope to build an effective nationwide distribution mechanism.

CONTACT ADDRESS

Mumbai

New Delhi

4th Floor

Combat Law Publications Pvt. Ltd.

Engineer House

65, Masjid Road,

86 Bombay Samachar Marg, Near Stock Exchange

Jungpura

Mumbai 400 023

New Delhi 110 014

Tel: +91-(0)22-23436692, 23439651

Tel: +91-(0)11-24316922, 24319856

Fax: +91-(0)22-23433698

Fax: +91-(0)11-24324502

Dalits and the Law

Colin Gonsalves / Girish Agarwal

2005 / English/ 414 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 350/-

Disability and the Law

Shruti Pandey / Priyanka Chirimar / Deepika D’Souza

2005 / English / 720 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 800/-

Can Society Escape the Noose…?

The Death Penalty in India

Arunjeev Singh / Colin Gonsalves / Vinay Naidoo

2005 / English /1036 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 800/-

Child Marriages and the Law in India

Aparna Bhat / Aatreyee Sen / Uma Pradhan

2005 / English / 259 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 200/-

Eleven Years of the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 1994

Kancha Kohli / Manju Menon

2005 / English / 94 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 100/-

Criminal Law – Law for Activists Series – Volume I

Rebecca Gonsalvez / Vijay Hiremath / Ryan Menezes

2005 / English / 150 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 40/-

The Terror of Pota & Other Security Legislation

Preeti Verma

2004 / English / 629 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 200/-

Right to Food – Vol. I

Colin Gonsalves / Vinay Naidoo / P. Ramesh Kumar / Aparna Bhat

2004 / English /320 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 250/-

Supreme Court on Children

Aparna Bhat

2004 / English / 544 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 200/-

Supreme Court on Rape Laws

Aparna Bhat

2003 / English / 304 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 200/-

Community Managed Forests: Law, Problems & Alternatives (Case Study of Meghalaya)

Ritwick Dutta

2001 / English / 80 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 100/-

Right to Shelter & Forced Evictions

Maharukh Adenwalla / Doma Bhutia

2000 / English / 390 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 175/-

Tribal Affairs in India

B.D. Sharma

2000 / English / 514 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 500/-

Prisoners Rights Handbook

Colin Gonsalves, Annie Fernandez & Monica Sakhrani

1996 / English / 968 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 300/-

Disability & Right to Employment – Survey Report of the Problems of Blind Hawkers at Railway Stations in Mumbai

India Centre for Human Rights and Law

2003 / English / 35 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 75/-

Green Democracy

Sunita Dubey

2003 / English / 173 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 200/-

Eviction Watch India

Rajeev John George

2003 / English / 95 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 125/-

Humjinsi – A Resource Book on Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Rights in India

Bina Fernandez

2002 / English / 246 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 180/-

The Campaign against Sexual Harassment at the Workplace - A Training Manual

Priya Narula & Catherine Sluggett

2002 / English / 123 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 200/-

PNDT Act – Made Easy

Compiled by Anitha Shenoy / Geetanjli Goel

2001 / English / 24 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 10/-

The Environmental Activists Handbook – Vol. II

Ritwick Dutta

2002 / English / 1084 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 750/-

The Environmental Activists Handbook – Vol. I

Ritwick Dutta, Sunita Dubey, Colin Gonsalves & Aparna Bhat

2000 / English / 881 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 750/-

Child Sexual Abuse & the Law

Maharukh Adenwala

2000 / English / 266 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 250/-

Adivasi Law

R.V. Bhuskute

2000 / Marathi / 549 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 250/-

Women & the Law - Vol. II

Christine Chorine, Mihir Desai & Colin Gonsalves

2000 / English / 912 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 700/-

Women & the Law – Vol. I

Christine Chorine, Mihir Desai & Colin Gonsalves

1999 / English / 1050 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 700/-

Stepping Forward: A Compilation of Ten Women's Personal Struggle for Freedom

Compiled by Aawaaz-e-Niswan

1998 / English / 35 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 20/-

Leading Cases on Occupational Health & Safety

Maharukh Adenwalla, Kerban Anklesaria, et al

1993 / English /240 pages

Suggested Contribution: Rs. 50/-