NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION and coordination between NHRC and State Human Rights Commissions for protecting and promoting human rights and also concentrated on issues forming part of the second cycle of the universal periodic review (UPR) of India undertaken in 2012 by the United Nations Human Rights Council which had the concurrence of the Government of India as the Commission feels that it would facilitate in preparing its independent report for the third cycle of the periodic review that is to take place in 2017. In addition, the NHRC continued to spread human rights literacy among various sections of society including key stakeholders like the judicial officers, police personnel, government officials, media persons, representatives of non-governmental and civil society organizations, and university and college students through its training and internship programmes, publications, seminars, workshops, consultations and other available means. 1.9 These issues have been detailed out in different chapters of the Annual Report for the year 2016-2017. (H. L. Dattu) Chairperson ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 3