Dr Jagannath Patnaik has been appointed as non-executive director-international relations, projects and planning of the global board of the all India Council of Human Rights, liberties and Social Justice (AICHlS). Dr Patnaik would oversee the AICHlS’s agenda to provide research, education, and training on human rights issues in the country and overseas, including rule of law, judicial independence, women and children’s issues, indigenous peoples, migrant labor rights, regulatory environments for human rights, and law enforcement approaches, besides strategic planning and international relations. He would serve the organisation for a period of three years. Welcoming the appointments, AICHlS president Dr Anthony Raju said the appointment of Patnaik would help to ensure that AICHlS’s work remains relevant and responsive to human rights defenders at risk.