"As a society, we need to understand the importance of human rights and inculcate them into practice -- this is the very basis of 'sab ka saath, sab ka vikas' (collective efforts, inclusive growth)," he said in his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' radio address.
A "factual report" on the incident, including action taken against the guilty and measures taken to stop recurrence of such incidents, has been called from them within six weeks.
Medical examinations of 29 of the 42 shelter home inmates have confirmed that they were sexually exploited, Bihar's Director General of Police K S Dwivedi had said.
Taking suo motu cognisance of a media report, the NHRC issued a notice to the Chief Secretary asking for a detailed report on the incident as well as on the steps taken to provide relief for the affected.
The Dhar incident had come to light when photographs in various newspapers showed aspirants with "SC" (Scheduled Caste), "ST" (Scheduled Tribe) and "G" (General) marked with sketch pens on their chests as they queued up for their medical examination.
The National Human Rights Commission observed that the allegations, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victim family.
The protests have been going on for six days now, which also took a violent turn on Saturday night, when police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the crowd.
The NHRC has sent a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over the death of several children at BRD Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to two top Karnataka prison officials taking cognisance of a complaint about alleged torture and transfer of 32 convicts serving terms in the Central Prison
Supreme Court today directed various states to file their replies on a plea of the NHRC seeking direction for mandatorily giving information about any encounter killings.
Eighteen persons have been arrested and the officers in charge of two police stations suspended in Jharkhand in connection with the lynching of seven persons in two different incidents last week.
The Centre and the Chhattisgarh police chief have been issued notices by the NHRC over allegations that security personnel raped a minor girl at a village in Sukma recently.
Gurmehar Kaur today withdrew from her social media campaign against the ABVP after allegedly receiving threats from the members of the RSS-backed outfit.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Maharashtra government to explain reports of sexual abuse and mystery deaths of over 500 tribal girls in state-run ashram schools, an official said here on Tuesday.
The NHRC has found 16 women as prima facie victims of rape, sexual and physical assault by the Chhattisgarh police personnel in Bijapur district in October 2015.
Modi government is in the final stages of appointing BJP leader Avinash Rai Khanna as a member of NHRC.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued notices to Madhya Pradesh Government, Chief Secretary and state police relating to the case in which eight activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI,) who had escaped fro
Issuing a notice to Odisha Government after a major fire at a private hospital left 21 dead, the National Human Rights Commission today said that only three of state's 568 hospitals have fire safety clearance.
The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over the custodian death of an accused in the Dadri lynching case.
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