write a ahort note on national human right commision
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The Human Rights Commission Act, 1993 established the National Human Rights Commission. A human rights cell was also created in the home ministry. States have been advised to set-up human rights cells or Commissions to monitor and follow-up cases of alleged human rights violations by the law enforcement agencies. The President of India promulgated an ordinance to this effect in 1993.
NHRC is an independent commission set up by the law in 1993.
Like the Judiciary, the commission is independent of the government.
The commission is appointed by the President and includes retired judges, officers and eminent citizens.
It does not bear the burden of deciding cases. So it can focus on helping the victims secure their human rights.
These include all the rights granted to the citizens by the constitution.
The NHRC cannot punish the guilty. That is the responsibility of the courts.
Like any court, it can summon witnesses, question any government official, demand any official paper, visit any prison for inspection or send its own team for on-the-spot inquiry.