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- The U.N. recognised Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) deferred the accreditation of National Human Rights Commission, India (NHRC-India).
- This came two months after seven human rights watchers/institutions wrote to GANHRI objecting to NHRC India’s ‘A’ rank.
- This is the second time in a decade.
- The United Nations’ Paris Principles was adopted in 1993 by the U.N. General Assembly.
- They provide the six international main criteria benchmarks against which National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) can be accredited.
- The GANHRI consists of sixteen, ‘A’ status NHRIs, four from each region, namely, the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific.
- ‘A’ status accreditation also grants participation in the work and decision-making of the GANHRI, as well as the work of the Human Rights Council and other U.N. mechanisms.
- The NHRC-India has been set up under the Protection of Human Rights Act passed by Parliament in 1993.
- It has been accredited as an ‘A’ Status NHRI since the beginning of the accreditation process for NHRIs in 1999.
- It retained the accreditation in 2006, 2011, and in 2017 also after a deferment.
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