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NGO PARTNERSHIP IN JUSTICE DELIVERY. DR SUNITHA KRISHNAN CO-FOUNDER PRAJWALA HYDERABAD. CONTEXT OF THE VICTIM. MULTIPLE TRAUMA ACUTE PHYSICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE SKEWED PERCEPTIONS ABOUT LAW ENFORCERS, JUDICIARY ADDICTIONS,DISORIENTATION
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NGO PARTNERSHIP IN JUSTICE DELIVERY DR SUNITHA KRISHNAN CO-FOUNDER PRAJWALA HYDERABAD
CONTEXT OF THE VICTIM • MULTIPLE TRAUMA • ACUTE PHYSICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE • SKEWED PERCEPTIONS ABOUT LAW ENFORCERS, JUDICIARY • ADDICTIONS,DISORIENTATION • THREAT/INTIMIDATION/BLACKMAIL/FEAR OF PIMPS,BROKERS,MADAMS • LACK OF TRUST/FAITH IN SYSTEM • STOCKHOLM’S SYNDROME • NORMALIZATION OF EXPLOITATION
CONTEXT OF STAKEHOLDERS • INADEQUATE ORIENTAION/UNDERSTANDING OF VICTIM’S REALITY • INADEQUATE TRAINING IN INTERVIEWING VICTIM • MULTIPLE COMMITMENTS-LAW & ORDER,BANDOBAST DUTIES, VIP SECURITY ETC • CONSTRAINTS OF RESOURCES • VICTIM VERSUS ACCUSED AMBIGUITY
ROLE OF NGO IN JUSTICE DELIVERY • ASSISTING IN RESCUE -VICTIM SUPPORT - FIRST AID COUNSELING - SEPERATION FROM TRAFFICKERS
ROLE OF NGO-CONTD • POST RESCUE -POLICE STATION- TRAUMA CARE,WELCOME KIT, INFO ON PLAN OF CARE, LEGAL RIGHTS, PREPARATION FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION, PRE-TEST COUNSELING, WITNESS IN THE CASE, COMPLAINANT
ROLE OF NGO-CONTD • PROTECTIVE HOME-NGO/GOVT -PSYCHO-SOCIAL INTERVENTION-COUNSELING/PSYCHOTHERAPY, DEADDICTION -IMMEDIATE RELIEF ACCESS-INR10,000 -PREPARATION FOR 164 STATEMENT -HOME INVESTIGATION/VERIFICATION - LIFE SKILLS, ECONOMIC/PSYCHOLOGICAL/CIVIC
ROLE OF NGO-CONTD • JUDICIAL PROCESS - COUNSELING TO PREVENT HOSTILITY -PREPARATION FOR TRAIL- NETWORKING WITH PROSCECUTORS,ENFORCERS, MOCK TRAIL -VICTIM WITNESS PROTECTION-BURKHA, COURT CONSTABLE SUPPORT -FAMILY COUNSELING/PROTECTION
ROLE OF NGO-CONTD • SOCIAL JUSTICE -SOCIAL REINTEGRATION -LIVING A LIFE WITH DIGNITY -LIFE CYCLE
ROLE OF NGO-CONTD • LEGAL ADVOCACY -VIDEO CONFERENCING DELHI HIGH COURT -IMPLENTATION OF JJ ACT A.P HIGH COURT -VICTIM PROTECTION PROTOCOLS- SUPREME COURT
WHEN IT WORKS? • OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ARE ORIENTED,SENSITIZED AND TRAINED • LIKE A FOOD CHAIN • SYNERGY BETWEEN PARTNERS-GOVT,LAW ENFORCERS, JUDCIARY, CIVIL SOCIETY/NGO • CLARITY ABOUT ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG PARTNERS
ROLE OF MEDIA • PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE VICTIMS WITH EMPATHY • UNDERSTANDING THAT MEDIA IS NOT A SINGLE BODY • HIGHLIGHTING THE PROBLEM NOT THE PERSON • ADDRESSING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DEMAND • FACILITATING/TRIGGERING A PUBLIC OUTCRY AGAINST PERPETRATORS OF CRIME. • PREVENTIVE CAMPAIGNS, STORIES OF SUCCESS • NOTHING IS MORE CRIMINAL THAN REVICTIMIZING.
LETS POOL IN OUR STRENGTHS GOING BEYOND OUR APPREHENSIONS,FEARS, ANXIETIES,ACCUSATIONS,BIASES COMBINING OUR DIVERSE POTENTIALS AS A POWERFUL FORCE WHO ARE BETTER NETWORKED…BETTER ORGANIZED THAN ORGANIZED CRIMINALS.