सव भव तु सिखनः ु Chapter 6 Advocacy and Outreach 6.1 Seminars and Conferences: Various conferences and webinars were organised by the Commission throughout the year. Details for all the mee ngs have been described in Chapter 7 under various thema c areas, 6.2 Engagement with State Human Rights Commissions 6.2.1 The PHRA, in Sec on 21, provides for the cons tuon of State Human Rights Commissions (SHRCs). The Commission has been urging the State Governments, where no State Commission has been cons tuted, to ini ate ac on to cons tute a State Human Rights Commission to fulfil its responsibilies to the people in accordance with the PHRA, and the 'Paris Principles'. The Commission holds regular interac ons with the SHRCs to explore and further strengthen the areas of coopera on and partnership. The Commission has taken up with the concerned State Government, the issues for evolving a basic structure, human resources and financial requirement of SHRCs to enable them to discharge their func ons assigned under the PHRA, and to streamline complaint disposal by the SHRCs. In response, the Government of India has requested to send the details of complaints registered, disposed of and pending, division-wise exis ng manpower, financial alloca on, details of shortage being experienced and jus fica on for providing addi onal amount etc. by each SHRC. The details, as received from the SHRCs, were sent to the Government of India. 6.2.2 The Commission organised the NHRC-SHRCs Mee ng on 12 October 2022 to discuss important issues related to various thema c areas of human rights and also to explore the probable areas of collabora on between NHRC and SHRCs for effec ve protec on and promo on of human rights. The mee ng was inaugurated by Jus ce Shri Arun Chapter 6 - Advocacy and Outreach Mishra, Hon'ble Chairperson, NHRC and a ended by Members, Secretary General, Senior Officers of NHRC and Chairpersons/ Members/ Secretaries of all SHRCs. The major recommenda ons emana ng out of the mee ng were circulated to all SHRCs for informa on and necessary ac on. 6.3 Dissemina on of Informa on and Outreach 6.3.1 The NHRC, through its Media and Communica on wing, disseminates informa on about the NHRC ac vi es via various means, including, press releases, media briefings, press conferences, newsle ers, and interviews of Chairperson and Members. The wing also provides feedback to the Commission about human rights issues reported in the media for taking suo motu cognizance. 6.3.2 More than 115 press releases were prepared and issued about various interven ons and ac vi es of the Commission. Several news clippings were brought to the no ce of the Commission for considera on of suo motu cognizance. To give an idea about the issues reported in the media about NHRC's role and interven ons, daily news clippings were uploaded on the website of the Commission. Besides this, efforts were made to explore various alterna ve media pla orms to expand the outreach through people's par cipa on. 6.3.3 The Newsle ers of NHRC is published in both English & Hindi, and were circulated among all the important func onaries of the government(s), academic ins tu ons, media persons, individuals, etc. for spreading awareness about the importance of human rights and NHRC interven ons and recommenda ons. The list of hard copy recipients was made more inclusive to include, among others, Na onal Commissions and ex- officio Members of NHRC, SHRCs, educa on ins tu ons, judicial, police 17