Reported By: Amitabh Kant
Last Updated: November 16, 2023, 02:13 IST
NHRC India has been working to promote awareness of human rights issues at the ground level. (File pic: IANS)
The commission comprising NHRC India chairperson Justice Arun Mishra, members Dr Dnyaneshwar M Mulay, Rajiv Jain, and secretary general Bharat Lal will attend the conference and camp sitting. The chairpersons of the state human rights commissions of Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Sikkim besides the senior officers of the central and state governments will also participate in the national conference
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India will hold a camp sitting at Administrative Staff College, Guwahati, on November 17 to hear cases of human rights violations in the north-eastern states. The commission is also sensitising local self-governments on various aspects of human rights and holding a national conference on ‘Advancing Human Rights through Local Self Governments’ on November 16. The commission comprising NHRC India chairperson Justice Arun Mishra, members Dr Dnyaneshwar M Mulay, Rajiv Jain, and secretary general Bharat Lal will attend the conference and camp sitting. The chairpersons of the state human rights commissions of Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Sikkim besides the senior officers of the central and state governments will also participate in the national conference.
The commission will also hold a meeting with chief secretaries, DGPs, and senior officers of the 8 north-east states to review the action taken on its advisories and recommendations and to protect and promote human rights of all human beings in respective states. During the camp sitting, the commission will hold a meeting with all state human rights commissions of NE states. This will be an attempt to develop synergy in its various activities to protect and promote human rights as well as generate awareness among cross-sections of society.
NHRC India has been working to promote awareness of human rights issues at the ground level. The main objective of the conference is to create awareness regarding the role of Local self-government in advancing human rights and related facets of it. The two technical sessions include; ‘Advancing human rights through local self-governments’ and ‘Best practices of the local self-governments of the North Eastern States. On November 17, 2023, NHRC India officers will hear more than 40 pending cases of human rights violations during the camp sitting.
The state authorities and the complainants concerned have also been asked to remain present during the hearing of the cases.
The camp sitting aims to sensitise the state officials about human rights and interact with the representatives of the NGOs and HRDs. Besides the hearing of cases, the commission will be meeting the representatives of the NGOs and Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). The commission will also brief the media about the outcome of the camp sitting to have a wider dissemination of information on the human rights issues of the states and the actions taken by the NHRC.
The commission has been holding camp sittings since 2007, through which the victims of human rights violations can receive prompt justice. So far, the commission has held camp sittings in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Odisha, Gujarat, and Assam.
