“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” Nelson Mandela The National Human Rights Commission of India is an autonomous statutory organisation established on 12 October 1993 pursuant to the requirements of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, as modified in 2006. It is the country's watchdog for human rights. It was founded in accordance with the Paris Principles, which were approved in October 1991 in Paris for the promotion and protection