Procedure to File Complaint in Human Rights Commission
- Is there any format for filing Complaint to Police.
- There is no fixed format for complaint to Police.
- Complaint may be oral or written.
- Advocate engagement is only an optional choice.
- General format complaint with four sets should be filed in the Commission office.
- Complaint can be filed online also @ - Online complaint
- Addresses of the State Human Right Commissions.
- The addresses of the All State Human Rights Commissions
- State Commission Addresses
- Functions of the Commission:
Sec.12. Functions of the Commission
The Commission shall perform all or any of the following functions,
namely:-
(a) inquire, suo motu or on a petition presented to it by a victim
or any person on his behalf [or on a direction or order of any
court]1, into complaint of
(i) violation of human rights or abetment thereof; or
(ii) negligence in the prevention of such violation,
by a public servant;
(b) intervene in any proceeding involving any allegation of violation
of human rights pending before a court with the approval of such
court;
(c) visit, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the
time being in force, any jail or other institution under the control
of the State Government, where persons are detained or lodged
for purposes of treatment, reformation or protection, for the
study of the living conditions of the inmates thereof and make
recommendations thereon to the Government;
(d) review the safeguards provided by or under the Constitution or
any law for the time being in force for the protection of human
rights and recommend measures for their effective implementation;
(e) review the factors, including acts of terrorism that inhibit the
enjoyment of human rights and recommend appropriate remedial
measures;
(f) study treaties and other international instruments on human
rights and make recommendations for their effective
implementation;
(g) undertake and promote research in the field of human rights;
(h) spread human rights literacy among various sections of society
and promote awareness of the safeguards available for the
protection of these rights through publications, the media,
seminars and other available means;
(i) encourage the efforts of non-governmental organisations and
institutions working in the field of human rights;
(j) such other functions as it may consider necessary for the
protection of human rights.
- Human Rights Act, 1993