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NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has urged the Centre to bring amendments to the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, pending for the past five years.
At a recent meeting of the NHRC here, the State Human Rights Commissions (SHRCs) held here. The SHRCs were of the view that the present Act had certain lacunae, which was presenting difficulties in the effective functioning of the NHRC as well as SHRCs. The meeting, among other issues, deliberated on the need to create awareness and educate the public on human rights as well as train, impart skills and sensitise the judiciary, prosecutors and police personnel. In the perception of the NHRC fulfilling the constitutional obligations and responsibilities of protecting and promoting human rights of the citizens could be done more effectively if the proposed amendments were incorporated in the 1993 Act. In its opinion, human rights and democracy were mutually supportive and unless human rights were made the focal point, good governance would remain an unfulfilled dream.
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