NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION, INDIA
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BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
A. International Human Rights Conclave
B. Multi-stakeholder Consultation on Updating National Voluntary
Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of
Business and Developing India’s National Action Plan on Business and
Human Rights
C. Core Group Meeting on Business, Environment and Human Rights
D. Research Study entrusted by the Commission on the subject Business
and Human Rights
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION, TRAINING AND AWARENESS
A. Training Programmes Organised by the NHRC
B. Summer and Winter Internship Programmes
C. Short Term Internship Programmes
D. Interaction with Visiting Students from various Universities/Colleges
of India
E. Training Programme for RPF Probationers
F. Sensitization Programme on Human Rights
G. Other Activities
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
A. Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs)
B. The duties of states
C. The responsibilities of everyone
D. The role of national law
E. Human rights violations committed against defenders, and other
difficulties they confront
F. Illustrative Cases Dealt by NHRC Relating to Human Rights
Defender
1. Alleged assault and brutal beatings of two young human rights
defenders by the Railway Protection Force personnel.
(Case No.1345/25/5/2014)
2. Assault on Human Rights Defenders
(Case No.21/15/3/2018
3. Murder of a Journalist
(Case No. 87/34/16/2019)
4. Editor of a newspaper shot dead along with his two personal security
officers outside his office
(Case No.94/9/13/2018)
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