Origin and Working of National Human Rights Commission of India
An analysis of the National Human Rights Commission of India
by Dr. Mukesh Kumar*, Dr. Sunder Singh Yadav, Hemant Kumar,
- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540
Volume 17, Issue No. 1, Apr 2020, Pages 470 - 472 (3)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) was established by an Act of the Union Parliament in 1993 called the Protection of Human Rights Act. The NHRC, like other National Institutions, is simply a recommendatory consultative body with no mechanism for enforcing its decisions. The Commission, on the other hand, has utilised its composition, independence, and openness to achieve some of its goals for greater protection of human rights. The NHRC is an independent, autonomous statutory body that is neither directed or controlled by any authority.
KEYWORD
National Human Rights Commission, India, NHRC, Protection of Human Rights Act, recommendatory consultative body, enforcing decisions, composition, independence, openness, protection of human rights