About Us

International Human Rights Council is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, we give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes. Our rigorous, objective investigations and strategic, targeted advocacy build intense pressure for action and raise the cost of human rights abuse. For years, IHRC has worked tenaciously to lay the legal and moral groundwork for deep-rooted change and has fought to bring greater justice and security to people around the world.

The International Human Rights Commission, India has been set up by an Act of Parliament under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 for the protection and promotion of human rights. The functions of the Commission as stated in Section 12 of the Act and apart from enquiry into complaints of violation of human rights or negligence in the prevention of such violation by a public servant, the Commission also studies treaties and international instruments on human rights and make recommendations for their effective implementation to the Government.
The Commission is responsible for spreading of human rights awareness amongst the masses and encouraging the efforts of all stake holders in the field of human rights literacy not only at the international level but at national level too. IHRC is a unique institution because it is one of the few International Human Rights Institutes (IHRIs) in the world whose chairperson is the former Chief Justice of the country. The world looks at IHRC as a role model in promoting and monitoring effective implementation of promotion and protection of human rights.
Section 2(1) (d) of the PHR Act defines Human Rights as the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India.
The IHRC, India plays an active role in coordinating with other NHRIs of the world to enhance awareness from the perspective of human rights. It has also hosted delegations from UN Bodies and other International Human Rights Commissions as well as members of civil society, lawyers and political and social activists from many countries

Freedom For All seeks to promote and protect basic human rights around the world by drawing attention to abuses which contravene internationally accepted standards of behavior and by calling upon nations to fulfill their obligations under "United Nations" conventions and agreements to which they are signatories. Freedom For All seeks to encourage states to adopt international humanitarian conventions to improve the lives of their citizens. Freedom For All supports the fundamental freedoms of thought and expression, including the right to hold and express dissenting opinions without fear of arbitrary detention, torture or imprisonment.