A two-member committee has been constituted to suggest ways and means to make the State Human Rights Commissions (SHRC) more effective in securing protection of human rights to the people of country.
Presiding over the concluding session of the two-day conclave of All India State Human Rights Commissions here, Justice Vijender Jain, chairperson, Haryana Human Rights Commission said that Justice Nisar Ahmed Kakru, chairperson, Andhra Pradesh Human Rights Commission and Justice SR Bannurmath, chairperson, Maharashtra Human Rights Commission, would constitute the committee. The Protection of Human Rights Act was passed in 1993 to protect the rights of all, especially women, children, Scheduled Castes and weaker sections of the society.
It has been decided to constitute another two-member committee comprising Justice PK Misra, chairperson, Goa HRC and Justice Bilal Nazki, chairperson, Bihar HRC to enhance literacy on various aspects of human rights right at the village level in the States.
Justice Jain said that the next national conclave would be held in Bangluru in March-April 2015. Haryana is the first State to have convened the first national conclave to discuss various issues pertaining to effective implementation of the Protection of Human Rights Act. This conclave would prove a milestone on the road to protection of human rights, he added. Those present on this occasion included chairpersons or acting chairpersons of various State Human Rights Commissions.