June 10, 2022 10:49 pm
The Commission which took suo motu cognisance of media reports dated June 7, 8, and 9 of the developments said that if what has been reported is true, it amounts to violation of the victim sportsperson’s human rights.
June 06, 2022 7:22 am
On World Environment Day, Justice Mishra says it is time to identify and plug gaps and act sternly against violators of norms in the implementation of environmental laws.
April 30, 2022 11:06 am
EU special representative for human rights Eamon Gilmore said that in his meeting with members of the National Human Rights Commission, the panel's role in relation to FCRA, detentions, bail, sedition and anti-terrorism laws, UAPA, minorities and individual cases, was discussed.
March 15, 2022 1:00 pm
A case was lodged with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in connection with the alleged incident in 2018 following which notices were served to multiple authorities, they said.
December 17, 2021 8:53 pm
“Encounters should not happen...they are barbaric. There is no room for instant justice in this country. Law must take its own course, and the person who is guilty must be tried in court and then punished in accordance with law,” Justice Arun Mishra said.
December 06, 2021 8:42 pm
The commission has also observed that it is "incumbent upon the security forces ensuring proper precaution with a humane approach even if it involved the militants".
November 04, 2021 6:17 pm
The NHRC letter comes amid repeated assertions of the Tripura government that there is no communal tension in the state in the wake of the violence against Hindus in Bangladesh.
October 19, 2021 7:23 am
Kavita Krishnan writes: The fact is that India’s human rights defenders have held every shade of government responsible and accountable for human rights violations
October 12, 2021 8:31 pm
The NHRC chairperson also spoke about the selective definition of human rights and said that one cannot glorify terrorists and terrorism, claiming human rights.
September 03, 2021 2:08 am
The action has been taken on a complaint filed by Congress.