
AMBEDKAR CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE
Ambedkar Centre for justice and Peace is a global Human
Rights organization which was established in 1991 by Mr. Yogesh Varhade an
Engineer by profession and who was bless by Babasaheb Ambedkar in a childhood,
now running this global organization from North America
with supporters all over the world.
Aims & Objects
- To bring awareness among the masses about Human Rights
Violence’s
- To bring to the notice of civil
society about the adverse effect of caste system, untouchability, Devdasi,
Child labor, bonded labor, and other inequalities in Indian society.
- To educate the India society
on the constitutional Rights, universal declaration Human Rights, various
articles of Indian constitution for promotion & protection of Human
Rights.
- To help indigence under
privilege communities in order to fight against their fundamental Human
Rights violence by activating various National Agencies like National
Human Right Commission (NHRC),
National Commission for Schedule caste & Schedule Tribes Parliamentary
committee on welfare of SC/ST, National Commission for minorities, State
commission for minorities, various state Human Right commission, Central
ministry for social justice and empowerment, Tribal welfare ministry,
State welfare ministry, State Atrocity prevention shell (ECR dept)
- To bring the awareness about
the role of various National & International Human Rights Agencies for
promotion & protection of Human Rights Violence.
- To achieve international
co-operation for the efforts for establishment of society best on liberty,
equality, fetornity & Justice and encouraging respect for Human Rights
& for the fundamental freedom for all without distinction of caste
creed, race, sex, language & religion.
Achievements of ACJP
- ACJP is the first Ambedkar
Right organization participated in UN conference on working group for
indigenous population Geneva
(Switzerland)
in 1991 and presented the case on the behalf of 200 million Dalits &
Tribals who are persecuted due to caste system in Indian society
- ACJP organize a memorable
conference on Human Rights on the occasion of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar birth
century celebration at Columbia
University in 1991.
- Participated in Asia pacific conference of NGO held at Bangkok in 1993 and
ACJP successfully got following resolution got approved by the conference
“Caste system is the crime against the Humanity and countries having
caste system foul to irradiate.
- Participated and raise the
caste issue in the UNSECO sponsored world conference on Human Rights in
1993.
- Participated in world summit
for social development at Copenhagen,
Denmark
and brought to the attention to the world about the adverse effect of
caste system on the progress & development of Dalits & Tribals
communities.
- ACJP in the year 1996
participated in the conference of Committee on the Elimination Racial
Discrimination (CERD) Geneva,
Switzerland
and for the first time this United Nation Committee recognize the
existence of Human Right Violence of India’s Dalits & Tribals
base on caste system & Indian Govt. was directed to take measure for
irradiation annihilation for caste system. Thus a caste is a base of human
discrimination for established & creed committee accepted all
recommendation of ACJP.
- Due to ACJP’s
continuous efforts United Nation open a new chapter critical study of
caste system & it will effects on Indian society.
- ACJP raised wavelength &
strongly the most heinous and condemnable Child Prostitution system which
is also known as Devdasi system on the name of religion.
- ACJP with Global delegation
participated in the world conference against racism, recial discrimination
& Xenophobia organize by United Nation Human Right Commission held at
Durban, South Africa & with day & night lobbing with various
countries & by way of participating in different Seminar and countries
alighted the flight of Quarter Billion population Dalits& Tribals in
India & held meeting with made MARRY ROBISON UN High Commission on
Human Right & submitted memorandum for consideration of United Nation
.
- ACJP participated in the Sub
commission of Human Rights in Geneva in the year of 2002 and for the first
time the issue of liberation of
the scared at holiest of the holly place Maha Bodhi Mahavihar at
Boudh Gaya before UNESCO, United Nation.
- ACJP participated in Asian
civil society forum organized by CONGO (Conference of non Govt.
Organization) with consulted status with United Nation in December 2002 in
Bangkok, Thailand and brought a plight
& suffering of Dalits & Tribal before this world body.
- ACJP organise first world
conference on Human Rights Education in June 2004 at Mumbai for 4 days,
Conference was inaugurated by Former Justice of Supreme Court Dr. K.
Ramaswami and Dr. Bhalchandra
Mungekar bless the conference as chief Guest, legal experts Judges
administrator & experts on Human Rights Education and activist
delivered their speeches on various facts of Human Rights education and
delegates representing NGO’s, from through out the country participated
in the four day conference, the conference was conducted by Global
president Mr. Yogesh Varhade, Chairman of the Governing Council Mr. U.N.
Biswas, & National President Mr. N. K. Sonare.
Activities Conducted by ACJP
- ACJP India held training to the
trainers Seminar in the month of July 2004 at Nagpur & Grass
roots activist were framed in Human Rights Education with emphasis of
women & girls, Children.
- ACJP raised several issues of
importance to SC/ST Communities with several states & National Agencies.
- The issue of revision of
postmatric Scholarship was raised with the planning Commission of India,
Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment & the office of the Prime
Minister due to subtends efforts of ACJP the postmatric Scholarship are
doubled with effect from 1/4/2003.
- Income selling of parents has
been raised to Rs. 1 lack per annum.
- ACJP successfully rose
followed up the issue of raising recruitment & promotion percentage in
public sector corporation, public sector banks
central Govt. dept, educational institution in the state of Maharashtra. Now the ministry of social justice has
approved the proposal for raising the percentage of reservation for
schedule caste in the state of Maharashtra
from 7% to 17% in recruitment & promotion with effect from 1991, i.e.
the year when Janta Dal Govt. extended the reservations facilities to SC
converts to Buddhism. It is expected that the orders will be issued by
dept of personal in a tow days stand & more the 5000 vacancies will be
created on account of raising the percentage of reservation of 7% to 17%.
- Similar demand is also make the Govt. of M.S. when SC &ST converts to
Buddhism are given 13% reservation which should be 17% best on 2002
census.
- ACJP has raised the issue of
Non publication of the report of National
- Commission of SC/ST after
98-99 due to callous attached of certain officials of the Govt. of India.
- National Commission of SC/ST
has submitted at last 5 reports since 98-99 to his Excellency the
president of India and his Excellency has sent these reports to the
parliament to the discussion but till date non of the 5 reports has been
discuss in parliament because in which what happened to be progress &
development of SC/ST since 98-99 is not known to the Indian population.
- ACJP has demanded CBI enquiry and the intervention of the Govt.
of India in non prosecution of criminals & culprits in most of the
cases which are filed with various police station
in the country under prevention of Atrocity act & prevention of civil
rights act. On an average 25000 case of Atrocities are registered every
year in different Police station all over the country but a 8% case the culprits are set free.
- ACJP has taken up an issue of
discrimination on SC/ST students in various National
Education Institution like IIT,
NITE demanded that sets
reserved for SC/ST should be filled up from the SC/ST candidates only
& SC/ST/OBC & minorities are representation should also be
included in the board at Governors of these institutions.
- ACJP has raised the issue of
Malneutrahen deceits in Ashram school in the State of Maharastra.
- ACJP visited village Bhimtola
in Dist. Seone M.P. in the month of July 2004 where 3 schedule caste women
were ganged raped & Petrified Naked by upper caste villages the matter
has been percued for action against criminal & relief to the victims.
- ACJP has open a central
office in Mumbai for collecting the information & Documentation of Human Rights
violence’s & providing relief & justice to the victims of
Human Rights violence are pursued with NHRC, State Human Rights
Commission, Nation Human Rights Commission, National Commission of SC/ST,
parliamentary Committee & various UN agencies.
Structure of ACJP
- Global President –
Yogesh Varhade. (USA)
- International Board of
Advisors-
- Prof. Lelah Dushkin
- Prof. Sam Lanfranco
- Ms Jane Jacobs
- Prof. Meyer Brownstone
- National Trust -
- President: N.
K. Sonare
- Vice President: Ashok
Patil
- Secretary: Dr.
S. K. Gajbhiye
- Treasurer: Jagesh
Somkuwar
- Member: Ven.
Arya Nagarjuna Shurei Sasai
- Member: Dr.
Chandrashekhar Meshram
- Member: Prof.
Abhay Bambole
- Member: Kishor
Kamble
- Member: Advo.
Sunita Khobragade
- National Governing Council
- Chairman: Dr.
U.N.Biswas
- Vice Chairman: Kishore
Kamble
- Vice Chairman: Dr.
Chandrshekhar Meshram
- Director General: Dr. S. K. Gajbhiye
- Director:
- Jagesh Somkuwar
- Yashwant Ramteke
- Vijay More
- Bharat Mendhe
- Anand Ilamkar
- S. V. Kalambe
- J. J. Ingale
- Sanjay Wairal
- Dr. N. D. Patil
- Dr. S. S. Borkar
- Dr. Suhas Kanphade
- D. O. Gajbhiye
- Pravin Gangurde
- Vijay Waghamre
We
here by appeal to all the members of under privilege indigenous Communities to
be away above their constitutional & fundamental Rights, Rights as enshrine
in the United Nation charter on universal declaration of Human Rights, Nation
international Convinces, treat and Resolutions and do not submit to any kind of
injustice and discrimination any where weather in the office in the school, in
the collages, in the factories, on the constriction sides, in the field or any
other place. If they are suffering due to any kind of injustice or their Human
Rights are violated, they should be immediately write to our association for
taking suitable action on the Grievances and providing relief and help to them.
Either on our email hrngo@redffmail.com
or send by post on the above office address.
All
efforts would be made to provide Justice to such people. They are also
requested to communicate above any likely event which were take place with
them, in their village, in their near by village, in their locality, in their
town & city, so that preventive action would be taken.