The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is organising a two-day national seminar in Hindi on ‘Judiciary, Democracy and Tradition: An Evaluation with Special Reference to Human Rights’ in collaboration with the Utkal University here at its MKCG Auditorium on Thursday and Friday.
The seminar will be inaugurated by NHRC Chairperson Justice KG Balakrishnan. The seminar will be divided into three academic sessions apart from the inaugural and valedictory sessions. The subjects for discussion in the academic sessions include ‘Democracy, Tradition and Human Rights’, ‘Media, Judiciary and Human Rights’ and ‘People’s Movement, Police and Human Rights.’
The NHRC has been holding a series of seminars in different parts of the country to build awareness about the importance of protection and promotion of human rights and various other issues related to this. Several prominent persons, including NHRC Member Justice Cyriac Joseph, noted thinker Prof Nand Kishor Acharya, Utkal University Vice-Chancellor Prof Ashok Kumar Das and senior journalist Rahul Dev, will be addressing the Bhubaneswar seminar.