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{{Infobox organization
| name = People's Union for Democratic Rights
| abbreviation = PUDR
| formation = {{start date and age|1981|02}}
| type = [[Voluntary association]]
| purpose = To legally defend civil liberties and democratic rights of the people
| headquarters = Delhi
| parent_organisation = People's Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights
| website = [http://www.pudr.org www.pudr.org]
}}
'''People's Union for Democratic Rights''' is an organisation based in Delhi which is committed to legally defend "[[Civil liberties#India|civil liberties]] and [[Civil and political rights|democratic rights]]" of the people.<ref name="PUDR">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.pudr.org/?q=content/about-us |publisher=PUDR |accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref> The People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) is an independent entity and is not affiliated to any [[political party]] or organisation.<ref name="Constitution">{{cite journal |title=Constitution of People's Union for Democratic Rights |url=http://www.unipune.ac.in/snc/cssh/HumanRights/11%20HUMAN%20RIGHTS%20ORGANISATION'S%20DOCUMENTS/16.pdf |publisher=[[University of Pune]] |date=December 1991 |accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref>

==Background==
{{See also|PUCL#Background|l1=Background of the PUCL}}
The PUDR was initially formed as the Delhi's unit of the ''People's Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights'' (PUCLDR) in 1977, but the PUCLDR discontinued its activities after the [[1977 Indian general election|Janata Party's success in the elections]], while the PUDR continued to work. The national forum (PUCLDR) was later revived in 1980, but in a "new form" and with a new name, [[PUCL]], creating a dichotomous bisection between civil liberties and democratic rights. Later in February 1981, the PUDR opted to function as a separate organisation.<ref name="Constitution"/>

==Aims and objectives==
* "To protect, extend and help implement the fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution and to make people aware of the same."
* "To work towards making the [[Directive Principles of State Policy]] enforceable and justiciable."
* "To build public opinion towards the ratification and enforcement by the Indian government of the [[Human rights#United Nations Charter|United Nations Charter of Human Rights]], [[International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights]], [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]], and other such covenants and charters."
* "To defend and help democratic struggles against [[Discrimination#Caste|caste]], class, [[Communalism|community]], [[Ethnic expulsion|ethnicity]], [[Religious oppression|religion]] and [[Gender discrimination|gender]] based oppression."<ref name="Constitution"/>

==Organisation structure==
The PUDR has an executive committee that is constituted of 7 members that includes two secretaries and a [[treasurer]]. The executive committee is elected every year during the ''Annual General Body Meeting'' by the [[Secret ballot]]. Every member of the PUDR is a part of its ''General Body.''<ref name="Constitution"/> The secretaries of the PUDR in 2013 were Asish Gupta<ref>{{cite news |title=Civil liberty body People's Union for Democratic Rights accuses Maruti of violating workers' rights |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-05-23/news/39475801_1_haryana-labour-maruti-management-democratic-rights |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=23 May 2013 |accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref> and D. Manjit.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Delhi – Impunity for Alleged Perpetrators and Quest for Justice in Jammu & Kashmir |url=http://sanhati.com/event/6009/ |publisher=Sanhati |date=January 2013 |accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref> [[Gautam Navlakha]] is also veteran activist of the PUDR,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hijackers of the Electoral Process : Maoists or the Indian Establishment? |url=http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2014/nd230414.html |magazine=[[Monthly Review|Monthly Review Foundation]] |date=23 April 2014 |accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref> and has worked as the organisation's secretary as well.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Massachusetts Institute of Technology : India – The War Within – A Conversation with Gautam Navlakha |url=http://sanhati.com/articles/3332/ |publisher=Sanhati |date=22 March 2011 |accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref>

==Membership==
The PUDR's membership is accorded only to the individuals and is not granted to organisations, based on the precondition that the member concur to the aims and objectives of the PUDR, and would "work actively and support the programme" of the PUDR. The applicants are required to get their membership application approved by the executive committee which thereafter has to be renewed annually. The membership fee per year is {{INR}} 10.<ref name="Constitution"/>

==Funding==
The PUDR raises funds for itself by "income received from sale of its literature, membership fee, and donations received from members and sympathisers from time to time;" and does not obtains money from the government, institutions, or political parties. It does not take any financial aid from any source in other countries as well.<ref name="Constitution"/> The members of the PUDR work as [[Volunteering|volunteer]]s and are not given any payment for their time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Constitution of People's Union for Democratic Rights |url=http://www.pudr.org/?q=content/constitution-peoples-union-democratic-rights |publisher=PUDR |accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Citizen's Justice Committee]]
* [[Confederation of Human Rights Organizations]]
* [[Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations]]
* [[Who Are The Guilty]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.pudr.org/ Official website]
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