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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (Urdu: ماموریہ برائے انسانی حقوق پاکستان) (HRCP) is an independent, democratic non-profit organisation. Founded in 1987, it is one of the oldest human rights organisations in the country. HRCP is committed to monitoring, protecting and promoting human rights in Pakistan.
The National Commission on the Status of Women Act, 2012 [7] was passed by the parliament to establish a statutory body with a broad mandate and powers to carry out inquiry of women's rights violations. The National Commission on the Status of Women (Amendment) Act, 2018 [8] was adopted by the parliament to ensure that the new chairperson of ...
The ministry is headed by Khalil Francis, the Minister for Human Rights, while A.D Khowaja serves as the Federal Secretary. The historically contentious issue of human rights in Pakistan received an added emphasis from the highest leadership of Pakistan when the ministry was chipped out of the Ministry of Law and Justice on November 3, 2008. [1 ...
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan data, just around 1,000 Hindu families fled to India in 2013. [152] In May 2014, a member of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani , claimed in the National Assembly of Pakistan that around 5,000 Hindus are migrating from Pakistan to India every year.
Javeri representing Pakistan. Rabiya Javeri Agha (born Rabiya Adila Javeri; December 2, 1963) is the Chairperson of the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) in Pakistan, [1] and a retired civil servant officer who served in the Government of Pakistan in BPS-22 grade as Federal Secretary.
The Liaquat–Nehru Pact (or the Delhi Pact) was a bilateral treaty between India and Pakistan in which refugees were allowed to return to dispose of their property, [2] abducted women and looted property were to be returned, forced conversions were unrecognized, and minority rights were confirmed.
The commission contains six official and 12 non-official members including the chairman for a term of three years. The 6 official members are chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, one member from the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Law and Justice, the Ministry of Human Rights and the Federal Education and Professional Training each.
Promoting and educating about human rights may involve informing the public about the commission's functions and purposes, sparking discussions on important human rights issues, organizing seminars, providing counseling services and meetings, as well as creating and distributing human rights publications. [10]