NHRC’s month long summer internship 2019 begins

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New Delhi : The month long summer internship programme of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, began at Manav Adhikar Bhawan, New Delhi, today on May 16, 2019.  Fifty post- graduate level interns, mainly from law and social sciences streams from 19 States/UT, have been shortlisted to participate in this training programme.

Inaugurating the programme, Justice P C Pant, Member, NHRC, said that it is heartening to know that so many students have to enrolled themselves for this human rights training programme from different parts of the country over the years. He said that the need of the hour is to create a human rights culture in the country through the path of education and creating  awareness and this internship programme of the Commission signifies this aspect.  He expressed hope that the interns would make the best use of this opportunity to understand various facets of human rights and related challenges so as to contribute in creating a human rights culture.  He said that the powers of the NHRC are limited but despite this it has been instrumental in providing relief to thousands of people, who were victims of human rights violations.

Tracing the concept of the evolution of human rights through various milestones before and after 539 BC to the acceptance of Magna Carta in 1215 AD, French Revolution and Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, Justice Pant also threw light on how the acceptance of the Paris Principles by India in 1991-92, necessitated the formation of the National Human Rights Commission on October 12, 1993, under the Protection of Human Rights Act passed by Parliament.

Earlier, Jaideep Govind, Secretary General, NHRC, said that the Commission has a very robust complaint handling system. With innovations, the methodology is getting better by the day. The Commission is also in the process to help people track the disposal of their complaints through information technology enabled systems on its website and recently introduced HRCnet Portal. In order to reach the last mile, the Commission has linked its online complaint filing system with over three lakh Common Service Centers in different parts of the country, he said.

Dr.Sanjay Dubey, Director, NHRC, said it is 33^rd internship programme. Underscoring the importance of the Commission’s internship programmes, he said that human rights as subject encompasses various aspects.