Baramulla, Mar 27: Army on Sunday organised a seminar on human rights here which was attended by GOC 15 Corps Lt Gen S A Hasnain, officers from armed forces and representatives from the civil administration.
 The theme of the seminar was ‘Human Rights and Complementary Goals’ and was organised under the aegis of the Dagger Infantry Division here.
 According to defence PRO statement, Lt Gen Hasnain delivered the key-note address and other speakers who spoke at the seminar included Satyabrata Pal of the National Human Rights Commission, Justice Javed Kawos of the State Human Rights Commission, Nitin Gokhale of NDTV and local media entrepreneur, Waheed-ur-Rehman from Pulwama.
 Others who spoke in the sessions were Dr Arvind Jasrotia from the Department of Law, Jammu University, DIG Armed JKP Rauf-ul-Hassan and speakers from the Indian Defence and Strategic Analyses (IDSA) Ali Ahmed and Dr Arpita Anant.
 Maj Gen (retd) Raj Mehta, previously General Officer Commanding of the Dagger Division,  chaired the sessions.
 The statement said the speakers examined the relationship between the upholding of human rights, conflicting demands of democracy in developing nations, understanding human rights in prevalent socio-political-military environment in Jammu and Kashmir.
 The role of local/vernacular media in a vitiated environment was also delved into.
 According to the statement, the seminar was a worthy attempt by the Dagger division to generate awareness about the issues related to human rights and would prove invaluable in further evolution of the strategy by the armed forces for their counter insurgency operations in the valley.

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