Arun Kumar Mishra, NHRC chairperson (retired), said on Thursday that state human right bodies may intervene locally in matters such as climate change or environment degradation that pose a danger to people’s rights to life.
He made this statement during a meeting with the ‘Common Programme Committee’ of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and State Human Rights Commissions (SHRCs), the NHRC stated in a statement.
Mishra stated that strengthening SHRCs in terms manpower, financial, and infrastructure resources is essential and asked all SHRCs specifically to mention their issues so that NHRC can bring it up with the relevant state governments.
An SHRC can intervene in a variety of areas that concern human rights. The NHRC chief stated that these include environmental degradation that poses a threat to peoples’ right to life.
He stated that deforestation, water and soil pollution are major concerns for sustainable development.
The NHRC chief stated that the SHRCs might raise these issues and contact the local authorities to discuss corrective measures to address climate change.
The Common Programme Committee was formed at the NHRC/SHRCs last October 13th 2021. It was created with the goal of developing a common action plan to work in concert for the protection and promotion of human rights in the nation, according to the rights panel.
Several suggestions were made at the meeting, including the creation of a mental-health wing in prisons, correctional homes, and the setting up of a human rights app by all commissions, and boarding the HRCNet portal of NHRC by all SHRCs to reduce duplication and speed-tracking and processing thereof.
The chairperson of the NHRC highlighted the importance of such dialogues and said that all suggestions would be refined to finalize a common action plan to promote and protect human rights in the country.
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