Question

What is National Human Rights Commission? Write its functions.​

Answer 1

The NHRC is the National Human Rights Commission of India, responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, defined by the Act as "rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants".

Federal agency: India

Headquarters: New Delhi, India

Agency executives: Justice H. L. Dattu, Chairman; Jaideep Govind, Secretary General

Operations jurisdiction: India