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The '''Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission''' was<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Zargar|first=Safwat|date=5 August 2021|title=Nowhere to go for justice, two years after Jammu and Kashmir lost statehood|url=https://scroll.in/article/1002028/two-years-after-j-k-lost-statehood-red-tape-snares-bid-for-justice-by-victims-of-rights-violations|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-17|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|quote=With Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh officially transitioning into being Union territories from October 31, 2019, they now come under the purview of the National Human Rights Commission in New Delhi. That is what the Jammu and Kashmir High Court ruled in December 2020...}}</ref>{{Clarify|reason=Is it shut or does it still function?|date=October 2021}} an autonomous state body with [[quasi-judicial]] powers tasked to investigate any violation of [[human rights]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India.<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipcs.org/article/jammu-kashmir/human-rights-commission-in-jk-1887.html|title=IPCS {{!}} Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies|website=www.ipcs.org|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> The body was constituted in January 1997<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jklaw.nic.in/SHRC.htm | title=State Human Rights Commission | publisher=Government of Jammu and Kashmir - Department of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs | access-date=8 July 2018 }}</ref> by the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]] government<ref name="a" /> under the Protection of Human Rights Act.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jklaw.nic.in/jammu_kashmir_acts.pdf | title=Alphabetical list of state acts | date=July 2010 | publisher=Government of Jammu and Kashmir - Law Department | access-date=8 July 2018 }}</ref> The commission consists of a chairman and four other members.
The '''Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission''' was<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Zargar|first=Safwat|date=5 August 2021|title=Nowhere to go for justice, two years after Jammu and Kashmir lost statehood|url=https://scroll.in/article/1002028/two-years-after-j-k-lost-statehood-red-tape-snares-bid-for-justice-by-victims-of-rights-violations|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-17|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|quote=With Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh officially transitioning into being Union territories from October 31, 2019, they now come under the purview of the National Human Rights Commission in New Delhi. That is what the Jammu and Kashmir High Court ruled in December 2020...}}</ref> an autonomous state body with [[quasi-judicial]] powers tasked to investigate any violation of [[human rights]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India.<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipcs.org/article/jammu-kashmir/human-rights-commission-in-jk-1887.html|title=IPCS {{!}} Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies|website=www.ipcs.org|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> The body was constituted in January 1997<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jklaw.nic.in/SHRC.htm | title=State Human Rights Commission | publisher=Government of Jammu and Kashmir - Department of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs | access-date=8 July 2018 }}</ref> by the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]] government<ref name="a" /> under the Protection of Human Rights Act.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jklaw.nic.in/jammu_kashmir_acts.pdf | title=Alphabetical list of state acts | date=July 2010 | publisher=Government of Jammu and Kashmir - Law Department | access-date=8 July 2018 }}</ref> The commission consists of a chairman and four other members.


Officially, cases from the Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission went to the [[National Human Rights Commission]].<ref name=":0" />
Officially, cases from the Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission went to the [[National Human Rights Commission of India]].<ref name=":0" />


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 21:04, 20 April 2022

The Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission was[1] an autonomous state body with quasi-judicial powers tasked to investigate any violation of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[2] The body was constituted in January 1997[3] by the National Conference government[2] under the Protection of Human Rights Act.[4] The commission consists of a chairman and four other members.

Officially, cases from the Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission went to the National Human Rights Commission of India.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zargar, Safwat (5 August 2021). "Nowhere to go for justice, two years after Jammu and Kashmir lost statehood". Scroll.in. Retrieved 17 October 2021. With Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh officially transitioning into being Union territories from October 31, 2019, they now come under the purview of the National Human Rights Commission in New Delhi. That is what the Jammu and Kashmir High Court ruled in December 2020...{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "IPCS | Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies". www.ipcs.org. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "State Human Rights Commission". Government of Jammu and Kashmir - Department of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Alphabetical list of state acts" (PDF). Government of Jammu and Kashmir - Law Department. July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2018.


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