Major setback, embarrassment to National Human Rights Commission

February 10, 2017 08:34

A damning report to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights recommends that accreditation to India's National Human Rights Commission be deferred till November, 2017.

The recommendation has been made by the Global Alliance for National Human Rights Institutions, affiliated to the UN's OHCHR, late in January. This would mean that till accreditation is renewed, the NHRC will be barred from representing India in the UN's Human Rights Council as well as the UN General Assembly.

The NHRC's selection and appointment process came in for sharp criticism in the report, which notes the lack of uniform and precise criteria for appointing members, and because no advertisement for vacancies in top posts is given out.

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