NHRC-SHRC call on Governments to set-up SHRCs
New Delhi, 19 May 2005
The National Human Rights Commission and the State Human Rights Commissions have unanimously endorsed and adopted a resolution calling on the State Governments to set up, on priority, State Human Rights Commissions where they do not exist. This was passed at the meeting of the NHRC with SHRCs held in New Delhi recently. The resolution also stated that where, there are State Human Rights Commissions or, are in the process of being setup, it may be ensured that they are structurally and financially independent as envisaged in and, fully confirming to, the principles relating to the status of national institutions (the "Paris Principles") which were endorsed by the UN General Assembly Resolution 48/134 of 20 December 1993.
The National and State Commissions also reiterated and reminded the Governments, both, at the Centre and in the States, that the primary obligation towards the protection of human rights is that of the State and that the National Human Rights Institutions are to facilitate the protection of human rights.
At present State Human Rights Commission exist in 14 States that of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. The setting up of a SHRC in the State of Andhra Pradesh has been notified while in Karnataka, an announcement was made by the State Government that a SHRC would be set up soon.
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The National Human Rights Commission and the State Human Rights Commissions have unanimously endorsed and adopted a resolution calling on the State Governments to set up, on priority, State Human Rights Commissions where they do not exist. This was passed at the meeting of the NHRC with SHRCs held in New Delhi recently. The resolution also stated that where, there are State Human Rights Commissions or, are in the process of being setup, it may be ensured that they are structurally and financially independent as envisaged in and, fully confirming to, the principles relating to the status of national institutions (the "Paris Principles") which were endorsed by the UN General Assembly Resolution 48/134 of 20 December 1993.
The National and State Commissions also reiterated and reminded the Governments, both, at the Centre and in the States, that the primary obligation towards the protection of human rights is that of the State and that the National Human Rights Institutions are to facilitate the protection of human rights.
At present State Human Rights Commission exist in 14 States that of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. The setting up of a SHRC in the State of Andhra Pradesh has been notified while in Karnataka, an announcement was made by the State Government that a SHRC would be set up soon.
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