The National and State human rights commissions are taking effective remedial measures on the petitions they receive, N. Chenbaharaman, Inspector General of Police – Enforcement, said addressing students of the National College recently.
Every year, nearly 1.3 lakh petitions are received and human rights commissions reprimand the violators irrespective of the positions they hold, he said, addressing a two-day UGC sponsored national seminar on ‘Writing on Rights is Not a Rite But Realistic – A Study on the Relationship Between Literature and Human Rights', organised by the Department of English.
In his keynote address, Raja Mutthirulandi, Honorary Project Director, Human Rights Education, WCCI (World Council for Curriculum and Instruction), Tamil Nadu, observed the society, literature and freedom were interdependent.
ADVERTISEMENT
K. Sumathi, Advocate, and K. Raghunathan, College Secretary also addressed the participants.
Principal K. Anbarasu presided over. K. Srinivasan, Professor and Organising Secretary, explained the theme of the seminar.
The second day was marked by a plenary session conducted by Vijay Shshathi, Reader, Department of English, Mysore University. N. Bhaskaran, Government Pleader, Tiruchi, and V. Richard, Retired Professor of English, St. Joseph's College, spoke on the relationship between literature and human rights.
ADVERTISEMENT
Addressing the valedictory session, S. Venkatraman, Vice President, Human Resources, Delphi – TVS, Chennai, spoke on the corporate view of human rights. About 200 teachers, research scholars and students from different states took part.