State Human Rights Commission
Definition
A state-level body created under the same Act with powers similar to the NHRC's but confined to matters within that state and excluding subjects reserved to the Union.
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.
- National Human Rights Commission
- The statutory body set up under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 to inquire into human rights violations across India and...
- 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...
Explained in these topics
- The Protection of Human Rights Act and the National Human Rights Commission
- Protection of Human Rights Act and NHRC (Unit V)A state-level body under the same Act, mirroring the NHRC but confined to state-list matters and excluding subjects reserved to the Union.