NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, INDIA
S.No.
Name and Subject
E-mail & Mobile/phone
5.
Ms. Maja Daruwala
Police and Prison Reform
maja.daruwala@gmail.com
01.09.2019
to
31.08.2020
6.
Prof. Indu Agnihotri
Rights of Women
iagnihotri53@gmail.com
05.11.2019
to
04.11.2020
7.
Dr. Jayashree Gupta
Consumer Affairs and Food
jayashreehrg@gmail.com
23.03.2020
to
22.03.2021
F.
Tenure
Core and Expert Groups
5.15 Core and Expert Groups consist of eminent persons or subject experts or representatives of
Government or technical institutions or NGOs in a given field required by the Commission, be
it health, mental health, disability, bonded labour, etc. These Groups render expert advice to
the Commission as per their expertise. Some of the important Core and Expert Groups that
functioned in the NHRC during the year, 2019-2020 were:
i.
Core Advisory Group on Health and Mental Health
ii.
Core Group on Disability and Elderly Persons
iii.
Core Group on NGOs and Human Rights Defenders
iv.
Core Group on Right to Food
v.
Core group on Business, Environment and Human Rights
vi.
Core Advisory Group on Bonded Labour and Migrant Workers
vii.
Core Group on Women
viii. Core Group on Children
ix.
Core Group on LGBTQ
x.
Initiation of Core Group on Criminal Justice System
5.16 Meetings of the Core and Expert Groups are called by the NHRC periodically at regular intervals
or as and when deemed necessary, in the Commission. The details of some of the Core and
Expert Group meetings held in the Commission during the period under review are given in
subsequent chapters of the Annual Report where these issues have been taken up.
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