Rights Of Dalits and Tribals

ZHONG HUANG ROBERTO NARVAEZ ASEP NANDA PARAMAYANA LILY WEN FLORENCE SHAKAFUSWA

Introduction
Justice for Odisha Project (JFOP) consists three

non profit and non governmental organizations, was established in 2001 funded by Dignity International to address basic human rights, advocate for legal reform and protect, promote and safeguard the rights of discriminated communities in India. A new 4-years project of JFOP will begin from January 2012 to December 2015 The project has linkages with caste communities and has facilitated the formation of a movement for displaced persons. The network members belong to the Schedule Cast, Schedule tribes and Other Backward Class communities.

Statement of the Problems

In 1957, over 22,000 families in the Odisha state of India were displaced by government action. These communities included the Schedule Cast (SC), Schedule Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Class. This was an act of discrimination that occurred as a result of the building of a dam on the Hirakund river. Communities in this area lost their livelihoods as fertile soil was submerged, villages wiped out and homes destroyed. There has been a struggle to pressurise the government to compensate 9954 families who were displaced but this has not yielded the desired outcome. None of the farmers got alternative land nor have they been compensated for their loss. Instead, the displaced families experienced multiple displacement as their resettlement areas were also grabbed from them for the purposes of development projects such as the building of the IB thermal power plant

As a result of multiple displacement, the affected communities have lost their livelihoods. Women and children have also been affected. Gender based violence and human trafficking has increased. Farmers, fishermen and women have migrated to urban areas in search of labour work. This has disrupted their way of life. To ameliorate the situation, the Grassroots organisation for Promotional Endeavour (GOPE) mounted a campaign whose aim was to seek compensation and rehabilitation of displaced communities. They already helped some resettled people get employment and adequate reparation. It, however, is far less than enough while regarding to the huge displaced population without proper compensation and facing the multiple displacement.

Most importantly, there is the problem of environmental degradation through the discharge of industrial waste into the

HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE

Livelihoods (daily mage labour) migration for working 2. Poor social services (sanitary & facilities) 3. Culture (way of life, history) common, propery, resources 4. Compensation & rehabilitation (move)
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Human Rights relationate UN with: Instrument s

LAND & LIVELIHOOD RIGHTS ENVIRONMENT FOOD WATER HEALTH EDUCATION WORK & WORKING CONDITIONS SOCIAL SECURITY Right to Development Against the Poverty Participation UDHR ICESCR CEDAW CRC CERD GC ICESCR *ILO Convention 169 * Declaration on the Right to Development

Indian Domestic Law

and The Policies

Constitution: Fundamental rights

Directive Principles of State Policy

The Land Acquisition Act 1894

World Bank Policy National Policy of Resettlement and Rehabilitation (NRR) (1998)

Outcome Access to health and adequate living conditions for the population ensured.
Output Sufficient and sustainable livelihoods for Odisha resettled people.

GOAL Achieve better quiality of life for Odisha State trough empowerment and a sustainable envoronment. Objective 1 Ensure access to health and basic sanitation by empowering people and community participation. Objective 2 To ensure access to food and water using participatory methodlogies aimed at conserving natural resources, their rational use and development of sustainable productive activities.

Objective 3
To ensure access legal services for purpose of reparation. Objective 4 To promote gender equiality and childrens rights by empowering the commuunity to prevent gender violence.

Objective 1 Ensure access to health and basic sanitation by empowering people and community participation.

Activities

Indicators

Means of verification
List of participants of the local dialogue. Meeting report & media release Database & documentary Approved report by stackeholders.

Mobilise the stakeholders in the community Over 75% of Odisha for a local to local dialogue. community attend the local to local dialogue Carry out a local to local dialogue that provides information on state of health and sanitation to use this information for programming. Facilitate participatory expediture tracking. Over 75% of Odisha community attend the local to local dialogue A Monthly report on PETs approved by stakeholders

RISCK & ASSUMPTION Backlash from local state or goverment & community leaders. Lack of Participation by stackeholders. Political will.

Objective 2 To ensure access to food and water using participatory methodlogies aimed at conserving natural resources, their rational use and development of sustainable productive activities. Tool: Capacity Building. Activities Training in sustainability of natural resources for production. Indicators 75% of people able to manage natural resources in environmental friendly way. MOV List of participants. Reports. Agrements in place. Radio program Facilitate learning spaces for Over 75% pass exam for environmental and climate trainingan implement what recording. management. they learn on environmental Contract with radio station for management. production of Dialogue with government to Linkages with goverment programmes. implement fishery, forestry, departments established Environmental agriculture and health departments in maintained. impact public institutions. assessment Produce 12 serie media program on 13 series program aired on report. environmental management local radio station. RISCK & ASSUMPTION Non participation of government department. Lack of interest to conserve the environment.

Objective 3 To ensure access legal services for purpose of reparation. Tools: Paralegal processes Activities Train paralegals team. Indicators 4 of the cases handled by paralegals MOV

Establish a drop-in centre.

Handling pro bono test cases

Networking with lawyers

Case reports. Press release by media. 4 of cases successfully taken Certificate of to court and receive graduation as reparation. paralegals. Teport for monthly Drop in Centre established. Centre receive and proccess meetings between paralegal and cases of grievance in HR. lawyers. 4 of the cases Monthly meetings for judged in favour of paralegal reviews by clients. lawyers.

RISCK & ASSUMPTION Cases take along. Lack of human resource & finance. Poor participation. Cases not reported due to gout pressure and porr media interest.

Objective 4 To promote gender equality and childrens rights by empowering the commuunity to prevent gender violence. Tools: Campaign. Activities Gender mainstreaming training. Indicators 70% of population sensitized in gender equality with a family relationship change. Gender equality manstreemed in comunnicaty programs 30% of vilence cases decrease. Mains of verification Feed bacl from media programmes. Phone ins, letters and emails. Report of decrease of violence cases reported. Report of participation of women in community programs. Snapshort of people who listen to media program and read gender coloum. 20 people trainned in gender mainstreaming.

Produce media programs and media publications on gender issues to sensibilizate gender equality to newspaper and radio programs. Celebrate International Womens Day promoving the activism.

RISCK & ASSUMPTION Resistance for campaign because of culture & religion. Counter progrms by interest (conservists) stakeholders.

OBJECTIVES / Activities 1st

QUARTERS 2nd 3th 4th

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BUDGET
Objective 1
Objective 2 Objective 3 Objective 4

RESULTS
Empowerment Development Environment Access to local government services