Kerala
The Kerala Office has its offices at Kochi and Wayanad which provide legal services in the area of human rights. The Wayanad office at Kalpetta, the headquarters of Wayanad, established in 2016 has the distinction of being an all-women advocate team. The office use “law as a tool for ensuring the rights of the downtrodden and accessing justice” for those who would otherwise be denied justice as a result of their lack of affluence, influence and legal empowerment. The office functions in the most backward district of Kerala, Wayanad, which is home for 36 percent of the total tribal population in Kerala- the most backward segment of the population in the state.
The Kochi office focuses on natters concerning atrocities on dalits and tribal land displacement issues.
Main Concerns
1. Adivasi Rights
2. Women’s Rights
3. Child Rights
4. Disability Rights
5. Transgender Rights
6. Labour Rights
SLIC Impact
Tribals, women, children, transgender people, can make use of the legal assistance rendered by the office without hesitation, fear or diffidence, as an empathetic – approach towards the client is developed by the office. Because of this those who have accessed justice by the service of the office refer other justice-denied, rights-violated, hapless people to the office for legal assistance based on their experience.
training
Report on the use of law for prisoners in Kerala
Socio-Legal Information Centre (SLIC) organized a webinar in coordination with Pravasi Legal Cell (PLC), Kerala Cha ...read more
litigation
Challenging denial in name and gender change documents for Transgender Persons in Colleges and Universities
Raghav P.R. Vs. State of Kerala, W.P. (C) 1443/2020
news_story
Wayanad: Kerala high court stops National Highways dept from evicting rural street vendors
WP(C) 17377/2018 Recently the National Highway department started forcefully evicting rural street vendors working be ...read more
publication
Non-implementation of Forest Rights Act in Kerala: SLIC organises IPT to address problems faced by adivasi forest dwellers
The Independent People Tribunal (IPT) on the “Issues and Injustice in the Implementation of Forest Right Act (FRA), 20 ...read more
news_story
Kerala SLIC provides medical aid to infirm, old Adivasi woman, files petition to improve quality of life
An elderly adivadi woman from the Paniya community had been suffering from cancerous growth in her mouth. She lived with ...read more