Manava Adhikar Samajik Manch - MASM
A Helping Hand for You
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Manavadhikar Samajik Manch
A Helping Hand for You
Manavadhikar
Samajik Manch
(MASM) is
independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or
religion, does not support or oppose any government or political system, nor
does it support or oppose the views of the victims whose rights it seeks to
protect. It is concerned solely with the impartial protection of human rights
organization striving to empower the public, promote, reinforce and safeguard
human rights and good governance in India and to bring transformation in
the observance of human rights at local, national and international level. MASM
has as its VISION, the creation of a Just and Equitable Society.
The broad objective of the organizations is to promote the
cause of national and international integration by strengthening the efforts
for recognition and implementation of human rights and to create legal and
human rights awareness and empowerment among the general public through the
provision of legal and civic education, provision of legal aid, conducting
research and follow-up human rights violations.
The Specific objectives of the organization are:
- Promote, respect and observe of human rights and democracy
- Promote, respect and observe of rule of law and due process
- Create networks with the public interest and human rights organization, non-governmental organizations, universities, relevant research organizations and legal associations etc.
- Make best efforts for protection, promotion and advancement of socio-economic and political rights of the public.
- To fight lawfully for the causes of the rights of the masses and to file public interest petitions to safeguard the rights of the masses.
- Organise and sponsor to undertake conferences, seminars, workshops, meetings and such other activities with a view to promoting the social and educational objectives of the MASM.
- Raising funds for the purposes of the MASM on such terms as are compatible with the autonomy of MASM and within the spirit of its social and educational objectives.
- Work out for all out socio-economic progress of the country and the society.
The strategy i.e. adopted by MASM includes actions such as
- To identify and expose policy, law reform and issues of practice with a view to advocating for change and proactive information sharing;
- To raise human rights and legal awareness and empowerment amongst the general public for good governance in India;
- To put-forth the demands of the public on a continuous basis before the three organs of the government i.e., Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and ensure justice.
- To gather and disseminate concrete, reliable and up-to-date information on policies, legal issues and issues of practice
- To improve the performance and sustainability of Manavadhikar Samajik Manch.
By
- Strengthening strategic alliances with like minded organizations and individuals
- Embarking on effective advocacy for good governance in the country;
- Devising means to capture the needs of the public;
- Making effective use of mass media
- Strengthening administration of research
- Putting in place an effective human resource development system for effective and efficient service delivery
As part of its work, MASM always strives to bring
awareness among the various sections of the population especially to poorest
and vulnerable sections of the society who are often the victims of human right
violations. The areas of interventions always focused to bring changes in
policy, legal framework and issues of practices. To ensure justice, MASM always
tried to put the demands of the public on a continuous basis before the three
organs of the government i.e., Executive, Legislature and Judiciary.
At present, MASM has two wings one for legal aid and human
rights monitoring department with a legal aid clinic intending to do
psychological counseling to the victims, to identify the cases of Human Rights
violations, raise the issues and do the follow up exercise and the other is for
Research publication and documentation.
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