Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission राजस्थान राज्य मानवाधिकार आयोग | |
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Formed | 18 January 1999 |
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Federal agency | India |
Operations jurisdiction | India |
Size | 342,239 km2 |
Population | 73,529,325 (2015) |
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Headquarters | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
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Website | |
www.rshrc.rajasthan.gov.in |
The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission is a State Government body constituted on 18 January 1999 to exercise the powers conferred upon, and to perform the functions assigned to, a State Human Rights Commission under chapter-V of The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.[1]
The commission became functional from 23 March 2000 with the appointment of Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar, former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court as the first Chairperson along with Shri R. K. Akodia, Shri B. L. Joshi and Prof. Alamshah Khan as the supporting members.[2]