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.
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- 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
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- Paris Principles
- A set of minimum standards for national human rights institutions, endorsed by the UN General Assembly in 1993, covering independence, pluralism and...
- 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...