Jananeethi | Publications

	A registered Non-Governmental Organisation for radical changes in society enabling individuals and communities to become self-reliant so that people may live in consonance with the true dictates of humanity in its widest scope and dimension.


1.	Manushyavakasangal (Human Rights)

This book was publilshed by Jananeethi in Malayalam on the 10th December 1998, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

This book is a training manual for human rights friendly police. It comprises articles specially written by trainers themselves on the basis of their understanding of the subject and the needs of the trainee police personnel.

The book covers four major themes:

1.	Substantive information on human rights standards for the police, drawn from the Constitution, the statutes, judicial decisions, official reports and international treaties and conventions
2.	Identification of police skills appropriate to the human rights friendly conduct in the work situations
3.	Development of motivational factors to sustain the information and skills, and
4.	Norms of ethical conduct as part of the personality development of individual police personnel.

Editor

Dr. N.R. Madhava Menon
Member, Law Commission of India.
Founder Director, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

Translation by

Mr. C.P. Gangadharan

2.	Ella Avakashangalum Ellavarkkum (All Human Rights For All)

A compilation of all major international instruments by UN - translated into Malayalam along with studied articles by.

1.	Dr. Vandana Shiva
2.	Dr. Meera Shiva
3.	Anand
4.	Civic Chandran

Introduction by

Dr.N.R.Madhava Menon
Member, Law Commission of India.
Founder Director, National Law School of India University,
Bangalore

Edited by

Prof. K. G. Sankara Pillai

3.	Torture (A crime against humanity)

A book based on the Workshop on The UN Convention Against Torture held between April 2-7, 2001 at Thrissur, Kerala, India, organised by the Religious Groups for Human Rights (RGHR) a project of the Asian Human Rights Commission and hosted by Jananeethi, Thrissur, India.

4.	Maithri 2000

A souvenir published by Jananeethi with respect to the problem of suicide, its causes, demographic studies and the befriending services of Befrienders' India to which Maithri-Thrissur belongs.

5.	Social Justice & Freedom from Litigation

A "litigation-free" village was indeed an impossible dream. But the people of Trichur village, a seemingly unknown, sleepy village in varavoor panchayat of Thrissur District, in Kerala State made it happen on the 7th day of May 2000. The road to success was slow, hard and often frustrating. But at the end, it was a moment of exaltation to cherish and a history to emulate.

6.	Crime & Justice A critique of the Recommendations by the Committee on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System in India.

		Crime and Justice is a critique of the Malimath Committee Recommendations towards Amendments in Criminal Justice System of India by Mr. Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission.


7.	NIYAMAPRAKARAM
		The book contains the elementary laws and statutes that every citizen in a democratic state should be aware of. Edited by Prof. K.G. Sankara Pillai.

Memories of a Father

Which is denser - the pain of the son at the death of his father or the pain of the father at the death of his son?

From the tears of a father's pen comes an eloquent, moving and remarkable statement on cruelty, courage, and enduring hope. Professor Eachara Varier describes his desperate and ultimately unsuccessful attempts to get his son out of a police camp where he is taken one morning for no reason. The camp is a place where the ......