Protection of nomadic tribes: NHRC stress on need for implementation of the Idate Commission report
The HinduThe National Human Rights Commission on Friday stressed on the need to implement the Idate Commission report that has recommended for setting up a permanent commission for Nomadic, Semi Nomadic, and De-Notified Tribes in India. Dr. Mulay said that De-Notified Tribes, Nomadic Tribes, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes also require proper means of livelihood and added that the colonial mindset about the De-Notified Tribes having “criminal tendencies” needs to change to ensure their human rights are not violated. The commission maintained that there is a need to identify challenges faced by the NTs, SNTs, and DNTs owing to the stigma imposed by the enactment of the Criminal Tribes Act, 1872 and later by the Habitual Offenders Act, 1952 and figure out a way to modify discriminatory provisions of the latter. “To suggest measures to mitigate all the uncovered challenges, ensure representation of De-Notified tribes in parliament, government institutions and higher education, and determine a way to proceed, especially for women and children,” the NHRC suggested.
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