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Rights Groups Raise Concerns Over India’s National Human Rights Commission’s Record Ahead of its Review
We strongly believe the National Human Rights Commission of India’s current ‘A’ rating is inappropriate under the circumstances, as detailed below, and we request that the GANHRI sub ...
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National Human Rights Commission calls for law on refugee rights
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for a comprehensive ... said refugees by definition were victims of human rights violations. She lauded India’s support to refugees and displaced ...
NHRC India Hosts Statutory Full Commission Meeting To Strengthen Synergy Among Human Rights Bodies For Enhanced Protection Of Vulnerable Communities
India organized a Statutory Full Commission meeting of all 7 deemed member Commissions and Chief Commissioner for Persons ...
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National Human Rights Commission’s U-turn on labour rights makes India’s sex workers suffer a setback
Last month, the National Human Rights Commission had asked state governments to recognise sex workers as informal workers, which would have entitled them to benefits and aid from a $23 billion ...
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Human rights commission in India opens official probe into excessive radiation exposures
A government commission that monitors and enforces human rights in India has opened a probe into ... The New Delhi-based National Human Rights Commission, chartered by the parliament in 1993 ...
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Granted the National Human Rights Commission is a ‘toothless tiger’, but can’t it even growl?
Hearing a petition on extrajudicial killings in Manipur last month, the Supreme Court noted that the National Human Rights Commission ... for example, on India’s failure to ratify the United ...
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India's rights body faces downgrade, loss of 'A' status
The United Nations' accreditation body has recommended downgrading India’s National Human Rights Commission for its failure to maintain ... The voice of minorities — such as socially poor dalit people ...
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National Human Rights Commission member returns to work two months after quitting, raising questions
On January 2, Jyotika Kalra quit as a member of the National Human Rights Commission. In her letter of resignation to the President of India ... secretary of the People’s Union for Civil ...
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Activists wants statutory national commission to hear grievances of displaced people
In the recommendation part of the report, the jury members suggested forming a statutory body like the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to hear the grievances of displaced people.
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National Human Rights Commission of India to take action against Amazon for “grueling working conditions”
The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) is taking action against Amazon after news reports emerged on workers criticising “grueling working conditions that could violate their human ...
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African Human Rights Commission Affirms Intersex People’s Rights
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has passed a resolution affirming the rights of people born ... ACHPR joins national institutions in India and Australia, and an ...
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Indian human rights officials investigate reports hundreds of schoolchildren fell sick from meals that contained dead snake
Health officials in India are investigating reports that ... according to the country’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), citing local media. “Reportedly, the cook served the food ...