Oct-Dec (2023)

Role of National Human Rights Commission to Protecting Human Rights in India – A Study

R.Indhumathi

Guest Lecturer, Government Law College

In the Ancient period, human civilization have the long lasting historical past comparatively they are not in mature. The history shows the human civilization and attain the human rights is not a easy task this process have the so many several up and downs and so on. A few centuries later men are tried to live in peace and harmoniously. It was not a naturally happened one, they can face many problems in this process first they made a Social Agreement in this context man's human rights was started in India after 90's in India National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was build up to protect and promote Human Rights in India through the National level. In this paper is going to discuss Meaning, Importance of Human Rights and Origin, Development, duties and functions of National Human Rights Commission through the analytical and descriptive way.

Keywords: Exploitation, Social Agreement, Human rights, Commission, Organizations, Development
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