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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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nowhere to go for justice, two years after Jammu and Kashmir lost statehood, Zargar, Safwat. Scroll.in(5 August 2021). Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 IPCS | Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies. www.ipcs.org. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- ↑ State Human Rights Commission. Government of Jammu and Kashmir - Department of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ↑ Alphabetical list of state acts. Government of Jammu and Kashmir - Law Department(July 2010). Retrieved 8 July 2018.