PRACHODAYA Key Issues and
Operational Areas, Major Activiities & Achivements
Operational Districts: Changlang, Lower Dibang Valley, East Kameng, East Siang, Lohit, Lower Subansiri, Papum Pare, Tawang, Tirap, Upper Siang, Upper Subansiri, West Kameng, West Siang, Dibang Valley, Kurung Kumey, Anjaw,Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Kamrup, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, Kamrup Metropolitan, Udalguri, Baksa, Chirang,East Garo Hills, East Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills, Ribhoi, South Garo Hills, West Garo Hills, West Khasi Hills,Bishnupur, Chandel, Churachandpur, Imphal East, Imphal West, Senapati, Tamenglong , Thoubal, Ukhrul,Aizawl, Champhai, Kolasib, Lawngtlai, Lunglei, Mamit, Saiha, Serchhip,Dimapur , Kohima, Mokokchung, Mon, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha, Zunheboto,East District, North District, South District, West District
Operational States: ARUNACHAL PRADESH, ASSAM, MEGHALAYA, MANIPUR, MIZORAM, NAGALAND, SIKKIM
AchieveMents: LCHR activities vary from litigations inside court-rooms to legal capacity building programmes in remote villages where it accompanied the poor and the needy in their fight for justice and human rights.
LCHR has conducted scores of ââ¬ÅLegal Awareness Programmesââ¬Â among the rural people of Assam and has covered 16 districts in which 52,526 villagers have benefited for the last 6 years.
Covering 314 tea gardens with 564 legal awareness programme LCHR has enhanced legal capacity of 14,435 tea plantation labourers in Assam.
More than 483 Para-legal personnel have been trained on advocacy skills, to amplify the voice of the voiceless.
LCHR has organized workshops, trainings and consultation programmes on various rights of the people.
LCHR has provided legal consultancy, settled cases of poor and has assisted women in litigations to restore justice to the needy.
Through PIL, LCHR assisted to restore right of 10,000 forest dwellers in Karbi Anglong district.
LCHR in collaboration with Assam State Legal Services Authority organized International Human Rights Day and legal awareness programmes on anti-ragging laws, mediation, different welfare and social security schemes, PC-PNDT Act, PWDV Act, human rights and legal rights of persons affected with HIV/AIDS etc. in various places of Assam.
LCHR trained 125 minority women in five villages under the programme, ââ¬ÅNAI ROSHNIââ¬Â, a programme sponsored by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India.
LCHR in association with District Legal Services Authority, Kamrup organized awareness programmes on availability of health care schemes and PC-PNDT Act in 15 villages under Kamrup district of Assam. 686 participants benefited from this programme.
LCHR has created and strengthened advocacy capacity of over 40 voluntary organizations in Northeast India to employ rights based approach to development.
Publication of legal awareness series of LCHR has educated masses in different ways.
In collaboration with the Guwahati High Court Legal Services Committee & District Legal Services Authority and UNICEF, LCHR spread legal awareness among rural people especially on RTE, RTI and others.
LCHR in collaboration with North Eastern Social Research Centre organized a consultation programme on the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act.
LCHR organized many seminars and workshops on Human Trafficking and Public Distribution System.
LCHR had facilitated 3 public hearings in Assam in collaboration with Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
LCHR assisted 300 educational institutions to obtain Minority Status Certificate from National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions.
LCHR in collaboration with Department of Justice, Govt. of India has been ââ¬ÅTraining and sensitizing of 400 lawyers empanelled with Legal Services Authorities of 8 States of North East including Sikkimââ¬Â.
