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IND-1994-L-38711
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Title_of_text
Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (No. 10 of 1994)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
India
Subjects (Classification)
Human rights
Adopted on (Date of text)
1994-01-08
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Establishes a National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commissions in States, and Human Rights Courts. The functions and powers of the National Human Rights Commission include, inter alia, inquiring into complaints of human rights violations by public servants; examining the conditions of jail inmates; reviewing safeguards provided in the Constitution or other laws for protection of human rights; promoting awareness of human rights and enabling non-governmental efforts for the promotion of human rights. The State Human Rights Commissions are patterned after the National Commission, but have a regional specificity in their constitution and range of functioning.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1993-09-28
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Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1994-02-17 (IND-1994-R-38712)
National Human Rights Commission (Procedure) Regulations, 1994
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2000-12-11 (IND-2000-L-65799)
Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act (No. 49 of 2000).
Amending text(s)
2000-12-11 (IND-2000-L-65799)
Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act (No. 49 of 2000).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
National Human Rights Commission
Place of publication
New Delhi
Country
India
URL
http://nhrc.nic.in
File
IND38711.pdf (PDF of Act as amended by Act No. 43 of 2006)
Serial region
Serial title
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II
Date
1994-01-10
Number
No. 10
Page range
pp. 1-16