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National Human Rights Commission of India (abbreviated as NHRC) is a statutory body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993. [1] It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (PHRA). [ 2 ]
The NHRC emerged from a Harm Reduction Working Group (HRWG) organized in 1993 by Francie and Stephanie Comer, Dan Bigg, George Clark (head of San Francisco's needle exchange), and Dave Purchase. [2] Many of the attendees at the first meeting had worked with (or founded) needle exchanges in different cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco ...
While there are considerable differences in the procedures followed by various human rights commissions in the investigation and resolution of complaints, many rely on conciliation or arbitration. It is not unusual for a human rights commission to be granted authority to impose a legally binding outcome on parties to a complaint. If no special ...
NHRC may refer to: National Harm Reduction Coalition , an American advocacy group National Human Rights Commission of India , a statutory body established in 1993, under the provisions of The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (TPHRA)
The commission executes its mandate through the establishment of a National Action Plan which features effective complaint mechanism, enlightenment seminars, workshops, rallies and continuous reengineering of its strategies. [4] Aside upholding human rights, It creates avenue for research and awareness on human rights issues in Nigeria. [4]
Telangana State Human Rights Commission is a statutory organisation created as per "The Protection of Human Rights Act of 1993 for India" for the state of Telangana to inquire into human rights violations for subjects referred in the state list and concurrent list mentioned in the seventh schedule of the constitution of India.
Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (Hindi: केंद्रीकृत लोक शिकायत निवारण और निगरानी प्रणाली; abbreviated as CPGRAMS) is a centralised system that allows anyone to file complaints against any department of the Central or State Government of India. it is one of the flagship initiatives for ...
In the State of Uttar Pradesh, the State Human Rights Commission was established on 4 April 1996.However, the Commission was formally constituted vide notification No. 2388-89 Dt: 7.10.2002 when Justice A.P. Mishra, a former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and former Judge of Supreme Court of India [1] was appointed as first Chairperson along with Justice V. Saran, Mr. S.R. Arya, Mr. S.V.M ...