NHRC, INDIA'S ITEC EXECUTIVE CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAMME ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEA FOR SENIOR FUNCTIONARIES OF NHRIS OF GLOBAL SOUTH BEGINS IN NEW DELHI

India, March 3 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The six-day Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Executive (ITEC) Capacity Building Programme on human rights for the NHRIs of Global South, being organized by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India in partnership with the Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) began in New Delhi today. About 47 participants from the NHRIs of 14 countries of the Global South have confirmed their participation. These are Madagascar, Uganda, Samoa, Timor Leste, DR Congo, Togo, Mali, Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, Mauritius, Burundi, Turkmenistan, and Qatar.

Justice V. Ramasubramanian, Chairperson, NHRC, India in his inaugural address said that India is a country of ri...