Punjab State Human Rights Commission

The Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) of Punjab, India is a statutory public body constituted on 17 March 1997. It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (PHRA). The PSHRC is the State Human Rights Commission of Punjab, responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, defined by the Act as "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."