STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI:The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organized a national conference on ‘Advancing Human Rights through Local Self Governments’ at Administrative Staff College, Guwahati, on Thursday.
The conference was attended by chairpersons of the Northeastern states, State Human Rights Commissions (SHRC), chief secretaries, top officials of police departments, top officials of concerned departments, the chairman of Zilla Parishads, the Chief Executive Officer, representatives of the Panchayat, and NGOs.
NHRC Chairperson, Justice Arun Mishra, stressed in his speech at the inaugural ceremony that “the panchayat and the local self-government play an important role in serving justice and equal rights to the poorer sections of society. The chief secretary of Assam, Paban Kumar Barthakur, also gave his speech. The inaugural speech was delivered by Joint Secretary of NHRC D. K. Nim, and Secretary General of NHRC Bharat Lal also delivered his speech in the conference.
The commission conducted a meeting with the chief secretaries, DGPs, and northeastern states. The meeting was comprised of State Human Rights Commission chairpersons and members of the northeastern states.
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