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	National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR)
		The Commission is convinced that discrimination on any of the grounds contained in the Constitution of India, and these include race, caste and descent, constitute an unacceptable assault on the dignity and worth of the human person and an egregious violation of human rights.
		As far as its own role is concerned, the Commission has been deeply engaged, ever since its establishment in October 1993, in the promotion and protection of the human rights of all of the people of India, acting in a manner that is complementary to that of the higher Courts of the country.
		The National Human Rights Commission of India believes it is essential that all Member States, including India, respect the international human rights regime established under the auspices of the United Nations and observe the discipline of the treaties to which they are States Party.
	www.dalits.org /nhrcstatementwcar.htm (2115 words)

	National Human Rights Commission Newsletter - June 1999; Embassy of India, Washington, DC
		The Commission had taken the view that the menace that such violence represents, which threatens the pluralistic character of the country and constitutionally guaranteed human rights, must be firmly and promptly checked.
		Besides, it appeared improbable to the Commission that Sunita could have caused such grievous injuries to her son with the sole purpose of implicating the policemen, especially when her husband was in the lock-up and she herself was distressed.
		The Commission, however, felt that this report was self-contradictory as it said that Sunita thrashed her son at the police station, making him unconscious, to falsely implicate the policemen.
	www.indianembassy.org /policy/Human_Rights/NHRC/NHRC_June_1999.html (2119 words)

	Alternate Report and Commentary to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on India's Third Periodic Report under Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, July 1997 (From the SAHRDC Resource Centre) (HRI Partner Site)
		The Human Rights Committee should seek full information from the Government of India about the cases in which the State of Jammu and Kashmir and the Indian Army failed to respond to orders on habeas corpus petitions pending in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
		Human Rights Education and the need for humane behaviour should be incorporated as a primary component of the training of armed forces and police personnel.
		Terrorism, human rights abuses or violations of international humanitarian laws by groups or individuals in any part of the world should be condemned, and the State must take action to prosecute the perpetrators under the law of the land.
	www.hri.ca /partners/sahrdc/alternate/fulltext.shtml (19239 words)

	UN Enable - Contributions to the Third Session of the Ad Hoc Committee - Indian NGO Consultative Meeting
		The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and the British Council co-hosted the Delhi workshop while the National Human Rights Commission of India provided the analytical input on the draft convention.
		The participants felt that since “promotion and protection” of human rights of persons with disabilities is a central issue, therefore the statement of purpose must reflect this notion explicitly.
		The modified text should read-“The States parties to this convention shall introduce all such measures that are necessary to promote, protect equal and effective enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by persons with disabilities”.
	www.un.org /esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc3indiango.htm (4353 words)

	India
		Human Rights Watch was told by several NGO representatives and lawyers that sometimes the police are aware that their methods are illegal and as a result torture children in ways that are less conspicuous.
		The vulnerability of human rights assumes a traumatic, torturesome poignancy when the violent violation is perpetrated by the police arm of the state whose function is to protect the citizens and not to commit gruesome offences against them.
		NGO representatives and lawyers that Human Rights Watch spoke to said that becausethe shelters were ostensibly designed to care for both neglected and delinquent juveniles, officials fear that an empty home might invite criticism that the juvenile boards, the courts, and the police were not doing their duty.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1996/India4.htm (18424 words)

	National Human Rights Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Human Rights Commissions have been established in a number of countries for the promotion and protection of their citizens' human rights:
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Human_Rights_Commission (112 words)

	Human Rights Speeches
		These rights, which are non-negotiable, non-alienable, indivisible and recognize an essential worth of a human being and acknowledge the dignity inhering in all human beings, irrespective of their race, sex or economic level of living, are ethical norms for the treatment of individuals.
		Since better protection of human rights is an important task of the Commission, it has relentlessly endeavoured to be at the vanguard of the battle to curb violation of human rights happening anywhere in the country when brought to its notice or which otherwise come to its notice by suo-motu actions.
		A terrorist who violates human rights of innocent citizens must be punished but his human rights should not be infringed except in the manner permitted by law.
	nhrc.nic.in /speeches.htm (18739 words)

	Asian Centre for Human Rights
		On 16 December 2002, the Committee for Citizenship Rights of the Chakmas of Arunachal Pradesh (CCRCAP) filed a complained with the National Human Rights Commission of India against the non-implementation and violation of the Supreme Court judgement of 9 January 1996 in the case of NHRC Vs State of Arunachal Pradesh and Anr (720/1995).
		Annual Conference of the National Human Rights Institutions in Seoul in September 2004, NHRC issued a press release stating that the Ministry of External Affairs informed that Burmese refugees could stay in India till their refugee status is confirmed by the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
		The National Human Rights Commission had approached the Supreme Court of India to protect the lives and liberties of the Chakmas and Hajongs in Arunachal Pradesh.
	www.achrweb.org /Review/2005/84-05.htm (5122 words)

	UN Enable - Promoting the rights of Persons with Disabilities - Contribution by National Human Rights Institutions from the Commonwealth and Asia Pacific Region
		Dr Justice A.S. Anand, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India and the Chairperson of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, Dr Morna Nance, Acting Director, British Council India and Mr Orest Nowosad, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, spoke at the inaugural session.
		In addition to the application of existing international human rights law, the Convention should contain specific articles dealing with specialised areas and issues relating to civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that, by the very nature of the context of disability, require codification, with due respect being paid to the principles of natural justice.
		In their statements the distinguished speakers highlighted the important role of national human rights institutions in protecting and promoting the human rights and dignity of persons with disabilities and in the possible development of a proposed new United Nations Convention in this respect.
	www.un.org /esa/socdev/enable/rights/contrib-nhri.htm (994 words)

	Judgement
		About the book:- The National Human Rights Commission of India is the supreme and independent body for providing human rights protection in India.
		Title:- Judgement Reserved: The Case of the National Human Rights Commission of India
		Finally, it provides practical solutions to the problems faced by the Commission and recommends many other programs of action to be taken for providing anticipated protection against human rights violations.
	www.hrdc.net /sahrdc/publications/Judgement.htm (234 words)

	INDIA: CALL ON NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO END PSYCHIATRIC ABUSE AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS
		India Trust focusing on human rights and sexual health issues for the
		complaint with the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC).
		Rights Commission to thoroughly investigate Case 3920, to formally
	www.sacw.net /Alerts/HomoAlertJuly2001.html (1184 words)

	A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO REALIZING GENDER EQUALITY
		The principle of equality forms the core of the human rights vision of the Charter, which states that human rights and fundamental freedoms should be available to all human beings `without discrimination on the basis of race, sex, language or religion'.
		The human rights approach justifies legitimate claims, not because the realization of rights such as that to health or life is a means to another end, such as quality child care, environment, development or population policies, but because the realization of their rights is an important goal in itself.
		Indeed the general human rights norms relating to freedom of association and freedom of speech are critical for the women's human rights agenda so as to strengthen their ability to participate freely and meaningfully in the decisions that affect their enjoyment of all their human rights.
	www.un.org /womenwatch/daw/news/savitri.htm (10085 words)

	Jayanth K. Krishnan - Bibliography - William Mitchell College of Law
		Professor Krishnan is interested in comparative law, human rights, law and social science, and law in India.
		"The Rights of the New Untouchables: A Constitutional Analysis of HIV Jurisprudence in India" 25 Human Rights Quarterly 791 (2003).
		Published by The National Human Rights Commission (India) 2002.
	www.wmitchell.edu /academics/faculty/krishnan2.html (10085 words)

	Nepal: Danger of “Disappearances” Escalates (Human Rights Watch, 9-2-2005)
		Some human rights activists have reported that they are being stopped by security forces at the airport who then check their names against an extensive list of persons targeted for arrest.
		Human Rights Watch urged the diplomatic community to demand an immediate end to the arbitrary arrests in Nepal, and to take proactive steps to protect political leaders, student activists, human rights activists, and journalists from abuses by the security forces.
		The National Human Rights Commission of Nepal (NHRC) and international humanitarian agencies should have unimpeded access to all persons detained during the state of emergency.
	www.hrw.org /english/docs/2005/02/09/nepal10152.htm (1489 words)

	Eastern Book Company — Practical Lawyer
		Menski is very clear that what the Indian courts pass off as human rights cases (including the famous concept of public interest litigation) is an expression of dharma in disguise.
		Riffat Hassan's formulation is slightly different in that she says that Islamic law provides the boundaries of human rights and avoids getting into the controversy of the conflict of conceptions, very wise, considering her inherently contradictory views on rights of minorities in Islamic and non-Islamic States.
		He attacks the concept on various grounds in terms of structural individual formulation of rights, the fact that the individual is the basis of these rights, that rights are absolute, that rights are only for humans, that human rights consist only of rights amongst others.
	www.ebc-india.com /lawyer/articles/2002v8a1.htm (6293 words)

	EBC Catalogue - Criminal Justice
		Legislative Recognition to Human Rights Principles in India 106 (A) Human Rights Measures under the Constitution 106 (B) The General and Special Law Measures 106 3.
		Role of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)212 (A) Composition212 (B) Functions, Powers and Procedure 212 (C) Performance of the NHRC 213 (i) Terrorism and Insurgency 213 (ii) Custodial Deaths, Rape and Torture213 (iii) Systematic Reform: Police, Prisons and other Centres of Detention 214 (iv) Handling of Complaints: Illustrative Cases 214 6.
		Rights of the Accused-Some Reflections on the Legislative Scheme in India
	www.ebc-india.com /catalog/contents/a-824-Contents.htm (1188 words)

	Behind the Kashmir Conflict - The Applicable International Law (Human Rights Watch Report, July 1999)
		Under international law, India's state-sponsored militias are state agents and therefore must abide by international human rights and humanitarian law.
		International human rights law prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of life under any circumstances.
		The government of India is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
	www.hrw.org /reports/1999/kashmir/intl-law.htm (619 words)

	ACHA BULLETIN 11/03/1999
		Tiruchelvam, lawyer, academic, politician, human rights activist and a member of the International Editorial Board of (CSA) since its inception in 1992, was assassinated on 29 July 1999.
		Pakistan's 140 million people have lost democratic rights, the Constitution stands suspended, and the military is back overtly interfering in public life after 12 years.
		Just as the growth of the Hindu Right was a fallout of the vacillating secularism practised by the Congress till the Eighties, the alienation of the Indian Muslim too was a result of the communal ardour generated by the Hindus.
	ecumene.org /ACHA/11-03-1999.htm (619 words)

	India
		Human rights groups maintained that in Jammu and Kashmir and in the northeastern states several hundred persons were held by the military and paramilitary forces in long term unacknowledged detention in interrogation centers and transit camps that nominally were intended only for short term confinement.
		Human rights groups alleged that inmates of the special camps sometimes were subjected to physical abuse and that their confinement to the camps amounted to imprisonment without trial.
		In March 2001, the NHRC reported that it had directed the West Bengal Government to pay $1,044 (RS 50,000) in compensation to the court guardian of a 12-year-old girl who was in the custody of the West Bengal police for nearly a decade because she was the sole witness to her parents' murder.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18311.htm (20572 words)

	ipedia.com: Assam Article
		These states are connected to the rest of India via Assam's border with West Bengal and a narrow strip called the chicken's neck.
		Assam is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur.
		T-shaped, the state consists of the northern Brahmaputra valley, the middle Karbi and Cachar hills and the southern Barak Valley.
	www.ipedia.com /assam.html (1813 words)

	The Hindu : Human Rights Party quits third front
		The Human Rights Party of India has withdrawn from the third front led by Mr.
		As the party had lost its faith in the DMK Government, it decided to give a chance to the AIADMK, which had assured to consider their demands sympathetically.
		Alleging that the Government had neglected the interests of the SCs, he said in all these five years he could only extract assurances from the Chief Minister, Mr.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/05/04/stories/1504223c.htm (1813 words)

	National Human Rights Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		India 's National Human Rights Commission was set up under the Human Rights Act, 1993.
		The National Human Rights Commission is constituted by the central government and comprises:
		In addition, the Chairpersons of the National Commission for Minorities, the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the National Commission for Women are deemed to be Members of the Commission for the discharge of specific functions
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Human_Rights_Commission (1813 words)

	[22 Apr 1999] HR/CN/927 : HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CONTINUE, NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS REPORT
		Human rights groups in India, Asia and the rest of the world were aware that a large majority of human-rights abuses were committed by armed forces in internal conflict areas.
		The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission had seven duties, among them the promotion of understanding and awareness of the importance of human rights in Northern Ireland, and the duty to advise the Secretary of State and the Executive Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly on measures to be taken to protect human rights.
		National human rights institutions that complied with the Paris Principles were important resources to help States to honour their promises to their own people to respect and protect human rights.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/1999/19990422.hrcn927.html (1813 words)

	Enron: History of Human Rights Abuse in India (Human Rights Watch, 23-1-2002)
		Enron was complicit in human rights abuse in India for several years.
		In 1999, Human Rights Watch charged in a 166-page report, "The Enron Corporation: Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Violations," that Enron subsidiaries paid local law enforcement to suppress opposition to its power plant south of Bombay.
		A provision was introduced in the U.S. Congress during 2001 to strengthen the Export-Import Bank's human rights oversight.
	www.hrw.org /press/2002/01/enron_012302.htm (877 words)

	Human Rights & Human Rights Instruments in India (From the SAHRDC Resource Centre) (HRI Partner Site)
		Human rights groups in India work under a tremendous amount of pressure, primarily from the state, on the one hand, and the other groups with a stake in maintaining the status quo.
		Referring to Section 2(1)(d), the NHRC suggested "Human rights means the right relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants, Conventions and Treaties to which India is party".
		In its letter to the National Human Rights Commission, SAHRDC stated that all international conventions that form the corpus of international customary law are applicable in all countries that are members of the United Nations and the World Community.
	www.hri.ca /partners/sahrdc/india/fulltext.shtml (14883 words)

	Bangladesh: Proposed standards for a national human rights commission - Amnesty International
		The NHRC in India has been active in monitoring human rights violations, in raising concern on a broad range of human rights issues, in furthering human rights education, and in addressing a number of key concerns.
		While human rights violations by police are a cause of serious concern in Bangladesh, members of other security and law enforcement agencies including army personnel have at times been involved in acts of torture and extrajudicial executions and should be equally accountable before law.
		The extent to which the NHRC will be involved in facilitating the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and other international human rights instruments to which Bangladesh is or may become a party, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
	www.web.amnesty.org /ai.nsf/index/ASA130031997 (14883 words)

	National Human Rights Commission
		In December 1996, the Supreme Court referred the matter of police abductions leading to disappearances and secret cremations in Punjab to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) as Reference Case No. 1 of 1997, observing that the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) report disclosed "flagrant violations of human rights on a mass scale".
		The Government of India challenged this decision of the NHRC before the Supreme Court, which upheld the NHRC's decision in September 1998.
		In September 2002, the NHRC, holding that the State of Punjab is liable to rebut the presumption of guilt against it, directed it to file replies in each of the 582 cases of "identified" cremations, based on the CBI investigations.
	www.punjabjustice.org /legalbattles/nhrc.htm (14883 words)

	Human Rights Must Be Made a Fact
		Youth for Human Rights has just begun its second Human Rights World Tour, in which they are promoting education of youth on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Mexico, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, Ghana and India (and in the last two countries they are participating in major human rights conferences).
		Leisa Goodman, the Human Rights Director of the Church of Scientology International is in Ghana as I write, at the Panafest - a pan-African arts festival where several days are dedicated to such human rights issues as HIV/AIDS education to halt the spread of the pandemic.
		A very disturbing report was issued today by Human Rights Watch, exposing severe brutal treatment of children and adolescents in Papua New Guinea by their own police forces, and calling for immediate reform.
	humanrights.motime.com (14883 words)

	Derechos: Human Rights in India
		Abuse of Human Rights of Sikhs in India
		North American Conference in Peace and Human Rights in India and Pakistan
		Armed groups commit grave human rights violations, including killings, tortures and rapes, with impunity.
	www.derechos.org /saran/india (183 words)

	Uganda on the Internet
		Human Rights Watch - "Abducted and Abused: Renewed War in Northern Uganda"
		Human Rights Watch - "Not a Level Playing Field: Government Violations in the Lead-Up to the Election"
		The countries...are: India, Japan, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and the United States.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/uganda.html (183 words)

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