Which of the following issues can be taken up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)?

1. Issues of manual scavenging

2. Problems faced by Notified and Denotified Tribes

3. Issues related to the right to health

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Solution

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is a Statutory public body constituted under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. • The various human rights issues taken up by the Commission are as follows: o Abolition of Bonded Labour o Issues Concerning Right to Food o Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child o Abolition of Child Labour o Trafficking in Women and Children o Maternal Anemia and Human Rights o Combating Sexual Harassment of Women at the Work Place o Abolition of Manual Scavenging o Dalits issues including Atrocities perpetrated on them o Problems faced by Denotified and Nomadic Tribes. o Rights of the Disabled Persons o Issues related to Right to Health. o Rights of persons affected by HIV / AIDS  Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.