Haryana Human Rights Commission Chairman, Justice Vijender Jain on Friday expressed satisfaction saying that in Haryana, 99 per cent orders passed by the Commission have been implemented and out of a total of 2,159 complaints received by the commission, 1,131 have been disposed off during last two years.
Justice Jain was addressing a Press conference here, accompanied by Member of Commission Justice HS Bhalla. He added that about 1,025 complaints are still under active consideration of the Commission. He said that it was essential for the Governments to be more sensitive to the protection of human rights.The Commission, which is completing its two years on September 28, 2014 has provided an efficient and responsive institution to legally deal with the cases pertaining to human right violations which is a big achievement of the Commission.
He said that the Haryana Human Rights Commission has decided to organise a two-day conclave of All India State Human Rights Commission at Chandigarh on September 27 and 28 to deliberate upon the implementation of mandate which the Parliament has given to them.
He said that it was a matter of pride that since the enactment of Protection of Human Right Act 1993, it was only the Haryana Human Rights Commission which has taken the initiative to organise a conclave of Human Rights Commission of all States. Apart from Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission, Justice KG Balakrishnan, either Chairperson or acting Chairperson or Member or Secretary of Human Rights Commission of States including Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujrat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Punjab would participate in this conclave.
Justice Jain said that various issues would be discussed in the conclave which included recommending uniform terms and conditions of Chairperson and Members of Commission, to make the Commission more effective in implementation of orders passed by it, financial autonomy to the Commissions and to fix the responsibility in case of non compliance of orders by the government. Besides this it would also be ensure that such orders should be implemented in a time bound manner.