Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission

The Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission is an autonomous state body with quasi-judicial powers tasked to investigate any violation of human rights in the northern state of Jammu & Kashmir in India.[1]

The body was constituted in January 1997[2] by the National Conference government[1] under the Protection of Human Rights Act.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.ipcs.org/article/jammu-kashmir/human-rights-commission-in-jk-1887.html
  2. ↑ http://jklaw.nic.in/SHRC.htm
  3. ↑ http://jklaw.nic.in/jammu_kashmir_acts.pdf
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