Assam Human Rights Commission
ASSAM
Beneficiary Oriented Solution - State
Education
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All human beings, for the simple reason that they belong to human kind, are entitled to enjoy certain rights from the cradle to the grave. These rights are their birth rights and, therefore, called natural rights. These are the basic entitlements of human beings without which life is not worth living, satisfying, enjoyable and meaningful. The concept of natural rights i.e birth rights is as old as the origin of mankind. But even then these rights could not be enjoyed by all sections of human beings in the primitive age i.e before the rise of the sun of civilization when “survival of the fittest was the order of the day”. It can, therefore, be deduced that in those dark days the concept of Human rights was not born.
Project Details
Brief Background
Formed under the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 the AHRC aims to protect and promote human rights in Assam. International Covenant on Civil and Political rights The International Covenants on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and these Instruments together with Universal Declaration of Human rights formed the International Bill of Rights.
Objective
To inquire into human rights violations and recommend measures for their prevention and redressal. The makers of the Indian Constitution while drafting the Constitution had included in it the rights embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human rights in two separate Parts namely Part III and Part IV of the Constitution. The Civil and Political Rights have been included as Fundamental Rights in Part III while Part IV of the Constitution contains the economic social and cultural rights as &ldquo Directive Principles of State Policy&rdquo .
Benefits
Provides a platform for addressing human rights grievances and promotes awareness about human rights. For better protection of human rights and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto the Government of India by an Ordinance provided for the constitution of the National Human rights Commission the State Human rights Commission in States and Human rights Courts w.e.f. 28th September 1993.
