The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is organising a meeting of a Statutory Full Commission in New Delhi. The meeting to be chaired by NHRC Chairperson Justice H L Dattu, has been called for the discharge of functions towards promotion and protection of human rights as specified in the statutory clauses (b) to (j) of Section 12 of the Protection of Human Rights (PHR) Act.
The meeting is being called for the first time since the recent amendment in the PHR Act adding Chairpersons of National Commission for Backward Classes, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities as the new deemed Members of the NHRC.