T he National Human Rights Commission organised a two day regional workshop for Northern India States of Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on 'Good Governance, Development and Human Rights' in collaboration with the Union Territory (UT) of Chandigarh at Chandigarh Judicial Academy from the 28th-29th April, 2017. Shri V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT of Chandigarh was the Chief Guest.
The participants of the Workshop included DGs/IGs, DMs, SSPs, SDMs, State and District level senior Administrative and Police Officers, Welfare Officers, Labour Officers, representatives from SHRC, NGOs/civil society, academicians and research scholars representing Universities from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
The objective of the workshop was to discuss various examples of governance that have had a bearing on human rights and to draw lessons from them to promote rule of law, identifying and bridging the gaps in fight against corruption in public and private sectors, strengthening service delivery mechanism and government institutions.