developing an Annual Action Plan is to promote and protect human rights of all and enhance the
reach of Commission to the grass root level, especially the vulnerable and marginalized sections of
the society. The objective is to further strengthen the Commission’s engagement with NGOs, Human
Rights Defenders, and Civil Societies, and to make the existing mechanisms even more robust within
its mandate. The Commission’s focus areas are Bonded & child labour issues, human dignity for all,
rights of the people from vulnerable sections of society, prison reforms, women & child rights, rights
of disabled, elderly, LGBTQIA+ rights, environment protection, health care & mental health, human
rights education, good governance, business & human rights.
The NHRC Action Plan is usually laid out on the aspects, including, Handling of complaints and
Complaints Managements System; Human rights education, training, research and capacity building;
Awareness workshops/ meetings/ seminars, conferences & team building; Implementation of official
language policy; Investigation of cases; and International Cooperation.
Key Publications
Instructions / Guidelines
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Important Instruction/Guidelines Issued by NHRC (Revised Edition)
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NHRC Guidelines for Sponsoring Short/Long-Term Research Projects
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Guidelines Regarding Arrest
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Guidelines for Police Personnel on Various Human Rights Issues (in Hindi, English, Malayalam,
Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese, Nepali, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi and Punjabi
languages)
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‘Know Your Rights Series International Human Rights Conventions, Shelter, Manual Scavenging,
Bonded Labour, Child Labour, Sexual Harassment of Women at the Work Place, Rights of
Persons with Disabilities and Human Rights & HIV/AIDS (available in English, Hindi, Telugu,
Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Assamese, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya,
Nepali and Manipuri)
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Human Rights-A compilation of International Instrument (Vols. 1 & 2 in Hindi)
Annual Reports (1993-1994 onwards)
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The annual Report of NHRC is laid before the Parliament of India, which has been published
in every financial year and is also available on the NHRC’s website.
Journals / Newsletter
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Annual Journal of the National Human Rights Commission, India (2002 {Vol. 1} onwards)
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Monthly Newsletter (English/Hindi)
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