Independent People’s Tribunal on the Functioning of the
National Human Rights Commission of India, 14-16th December, New Delhi
NAMHHR
member, Human Rights Law Network organized an Independent Peoples’ Tribunal jointly with All India Network of NGOs and Individuals
working with National / State Human Rights
Institutions on the functioning of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the occasion of the 20 years of Paris Principles [1993] and 20 years of the Protection of Human Rights Act [1993] and 20 years of the Vienna Conference [1993].
The Tribunal
brought together group of 9 panelists included Justice (Retd.) Hosbet Suresh, Former Judge of the Mumbai High Court, Justice (Retd.) Surendra Bhargav, Former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court,
Justice (Retd.) W A Shishak, Former Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh
High Court,
Justice (Retd.) K Sukumaran, Former judge of the Mumbai and Kerala
High Court,
Prof. Vimal Thorat, Social Activist, Mr.
Yambem Laba Former Member of Manipur SHRC, Prof. Babu Mathew, National
Law University, Prof. Kamal Chenoy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Prof. Anuradha Chenoy , Jawaharlal
Nehru University.
The
three day event included sessions on -NHRC’s compliance to UN standards, Police
encounter, custodial torture, custodial death, Killings and torture by armed
forces , Attack on human rights defenders , Communalism , Violation of Women’s
Rights, Dalit issues, Tribal Rights, Environment, housing and displacement ,Health
rights, Child rights and Disability. Each session included a section in which the
response of NHRC to their issue was presented to the panelists.

However
appreciating the initiative made by the NHRC in the Universal Periodic
Review 2, the NAMHHR convenor lauded their efforts at designing a
monitoring tool to monitor the implementation of the recommendation made
by member countries to the Government of India. However she stressed
that much more needs to be done by this important commission to protect
the human right of the citizens of our country.
Aditi
Sood, Nibedita Phukan and Leena Uppal also attended the event on behalf of
NAMHHR.

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