Reluctance on the part of the citizens to take environment protection seriously is one of the major human rights violations taking place now, District and Sessions Judge Ashok Menon has said.
“The fact is that often human rights protection is seen to be moving in the wrong direction,” Mr. Menon said, while addressing a gathering here on Tuesday after inaugurating the Kollam chapter of the Human Rights Foundation.
Ashtamudi lake
He said Ashtamudi Lake in Kollam was being awfully polluted as a result of inhuman behaviour.
It happens because people fail to discharge their individual responsibilities and duties to the society.
Awareness among youth
He called upon human rights organisations to create due awareness on this aspect among the younger generation.
Mayor Honey Benjamin, who was the chief guest at the function, said that if the younger generation grew up to fearlessly question human rights violations, it could play a big role in ending corruption.
She said the city Corporation would initiate strict measures to promote awareness on human rights at the school level.
Police atrocities
Assistant Commissioner of Police K. Lalji, who delivered the keynote address, said very often human rights organisations limit their role to targeting police atrocities.
All aspects of human rights violations should be indentified and opposed, Mr. Lalji said.
All India chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, P.C. Achenkunju presided.
Former secretary of the Kollam Bar Association, Boris Paul led the seminar on “contemporary importance of human rights protection laws” organised in connection with the inauguration of the foundation unit in Kollam.
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