Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission: Difference between revisions

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.