Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission
The Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission was[1] an autonomous state body with quasi-judicial powers tasked to investigate any violation of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[2] The body was constituted in January 1997[3] by the National Conference government[2] under the Protection of Human Rights Act.[4] The commission consists of a chairman and four other members.
Officially, cases from the Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission went to the National Human Rights Commission of India.[1]
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[edit]- ^ a b Zargar, Safwat (5 August 2021). "Nowhere to go for justice, two years after Jammu and Kashmir lost statehood". Scroll.in. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
With Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh officially transitioning into being Union territories from October 31, 2019, they now come under the purview of the National Human Rights Commission in New Delhi. That is what the Jammu and Kashmir High Court ruled in December 2020...
- ^ a b "IPCS | Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies". www.ipcs.org. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "State Human Rights Commission". Government of Jammu and Kashmir - Department of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Alphabetical list of state acts" (PDF). Government of Jammu and Kashmir - Law Department. July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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