Evaluating the Effectiveness of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in India: Constitutional Accountability and the Limits of State Sovereignty Introduction The establishment of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) under the Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993, marked a significant institutional effort by the Indian state to address the persistent problem of human … Continue reading To what extent has the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) functioned as an effective institutional mechanism for addressing and redressing human rights violations in India, and how does its operational capacity reflect broader tensions between constitutional accountability and state sovereignty in a democratic framework?