National Human Rights Commission
Definition
The statutory body set up under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 to inquire into human rights violations across India and report its findings to government.
Related terms
- Custodial Death Inquiry
- The Commission's practice of requiring police and prison authorities to report a death in custody within twenty-four hours, triggering a mandatory magisterial...
- Human Rights Court
- A Court of Session that a state government may specify, with the concerned High Court's concurrence, for speedier trial of human-rights offences.
- Paris Principles
- Minimum standards for national human rights institutions, adopted in 1991 and endorsed by the UN General Assembly in 1993, covering independence, pluralism...
- Recommendatory Powers
- The Commission's authority to state its findings and recommend action, such as compensation or prosecution, without any power to compel the government...
- State Human Rights Commission
- A state-level body created under the same Act with powers similar to the NHRC's but confined to matters within that state and...
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- The Protection of Human Rights Act and the National Human Rights Commission
- Protection of Human Rights Act and NHRC (Unit V)The statutory body set up under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 to inquire into human rights violations across India.