NHRC lauds Haryana's pro-labourer efforts

NHRC lauds Haryana's pro-labourer efforts

Press trust of India / Chandigarh April 21, 2008

Member of National Human Rights Commission, Justice (retd) Y Bhaskar Rao, has appreciated Haryana Government's concern for eradication of child labour and also its consideration to provide employment opportunities to the families whose children are engaged as labour so as to check the menace of child labour.

Pointing out "human dignity is the spine of human rights", Rao said here "unless bonded labour is eliminated, human dignity cannot be ensured".

He said District Magistrates have a fundamental role to play in the implementation of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act as they have statutory obligations and judicial powers, whether it is the matter of identification, release or rehabilitation of bonded labour.

Rao was addressing a sensitisation workshop on bonded labour and child labour organised by the NHRC in collaboration with Haryana Labour Department here today, which was was attended by all District Magistrates, Divisional Commissioners, State