Institution
National Human Rights Commission of India
India
Country
India
GANHRI accreditation status
A
Year established
1993
About
The National Human Rights Commission of India is an independent body set up under the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993.
It has a broad mandate to promote and protect the human rights guaranteed in the Constitution of India and enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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- Country photo
- Map image
- Institution
- National Human Rights Commission of India
- Sub-region
- South Asia
- GANHRI Accreditation Status
- A
- Type of NHRI
- Human rights commission
- Optional mandate(s)
- Amicus curiae (third-party intervention status)
- Complaints handling
- Year established
- 1993
- Geolocation
Latitude: 20.593684
Longitude: 78.96288
- Geolocation
- About
The National Human Rights Commission of India is an independent body set up under the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993.
It has a broad mandate to promote and protect the human rights guaranteed in the Constitution of India and enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- Website
- www.nhrc.nic.in
- Contact
covdnhrc@nic.in
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