Wipe tears of those whose rights have been violated: NHRC chief justice H L Dattu

NEW DELHI: NHRC chief justice H L Dattu today exhorted the youth to take up the issues of human rights violations of others in the far-flung areas of the country and wipe tears of those whose rights have been violated.

He was addressing at the valedictory session of month-long 16th Winter Internship programme of NHRC.

"The real fruit of their exposures to various aspects of human rights and related laws would be when they would take up the issues of human rights violations of others in the far flung areas of the country either with the State Human Rights Commissions or the National Human Rights Commission.


"They should spread awareness about human rights and do something for society by wiping tears of those whose rights have been violated," Dattu was quoted as saying in statement by the NHRC today.

Justice Dattu felt that in order to have more in-depth understanding of human rights issues like human trafficking, rights of disabled persons, women, children, bonded labourers etc the Commission "may consider increasing the duration of the internship programme by two to three months."

"50 students, 33 girls and 17 boys, from universities and colleges of 18 states and union territories completed their internship.," it said.

The interns were given exposure to various aspects of human rights by eminent persons and senior officers of the Commission.

"They were taken for visits to Tihar Jail, Dasna Jail, five Delhi police stations and juvenile home 'Prayas'. They also made presentation on their visits and prepared research studies on various aspects of human rights," NHRC said.