On the eve of the annual general meeting of the 21-member Asia Pacific Forum (APF) hosted by the NHRC, JS Kochhar, joint secretary of the panel, said, "The NHRC gets about one lakh complaints every year."
India is a founding member of the APF based in Sydney.
Official data show NHRC registered 1,01,010 cases in 2012 and 1,00,112 cases in 2013. Up to July 31, 2014, the number stands at 61,790 cases. These cases belong to various categories, including rights violations by police, defence and paramilitary forces, violations against women and children and also violation by mafia/underworld.
Of these, the highest number of 86,647 cases registered in one category between 2012 and 2014 deal with rights violations by police. In 2012, 34,330 such cases were registered, 33,753 cases in 2013 and 18,564 cases till July 31 this year.
Cases of rights violation registered against defence and paramilitary forces are a fraction of those against police. For instance, 136 cases involving defence forces were registered in 2012, 134 cases in 2013 and 65 cases till July 31 this year.
Between 2012 and July 31, 2014, 500 cases were registered against paramilitary forces.
The next category that notched the highest number of cases involves rights violations against women: 7,110 cases in 2012; 9,269 cases in 2013 and 5,718 in 2014.
Speaking to reporters, NHRC secretary general Rajesh Kishore said, "During the three-day meeting, specific decisions will be taken on human rights issues related to women and children."
There will also be a dialogue of the representatives of national human rights institutions with Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) to discuss practical and constructive ways in which they can engage and cooperate on the APF's strategic plan for next five years.
Source: The Sangai Express
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