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NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

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NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is a statutory public body constituted on October 12, 1993, under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance, formed on September 28, 1993. NHRC is responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, as defined by the Act i.e., ‘Rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the constitution or embodied in the international covenants'. The logo for NHRC is an abstract mark logo comprising of a graphic and a Sanskrit proverb written in Devanagari script just beneath the graphic. The proverb is सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः, which means ‘May all live happily’.