- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is an investigative and recommendatory body, not a judicial court. - Its functions include inquiring into complaints of human rights violations, visiting jails, reviewing laws, recommending measures for the effective implementation of human rights treaties, spreading human rights literacy, and encouraging the efforts of NGOs. - While the NHRC can recommend to the concerned government or authority the initiation of proceedings for prosecution or such other action against the violator (as per Section 18 of the PHR Act), it does not have the power to prosecute or punish individuals itself. These powers rest with the judiciary and executive branches. - The NHRC can also recommend the grant of immediate interim relief, including monetary compensation, to the victim (Section 18(c)), but the act of providing or disbursing the compensation is done by the concerned government or authority, not the Commission itself. Therefore, option B, "To provide economic compensation...", is also not a direct function, as it only recommends it. However, option C describes judicial/penal powers which are clearly outside the NHRC's mandate, making it the most definitive "not a function".
Which one of the following is *not* a function of the National Human Rights Commission ?
Asked in UPSC CISF AC EXE 2021 · Topic: Lokpal and Important Commissions (National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and State Human Rights Commissions (SHRC))
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Answer: C. To prosecute and punish the human rights viol‐ ator
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