It is a self-ruling open body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance. It was given a statutory premise by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (TPHRA). The NHRC is the National Human Rights Commission of India, in charge of the insurance and advancement of human rights, characterized by the Act as "rights identifying with life, freedom, equity, and pride of the individual ensured by the Constitution or typified in the International Covenants".

"Human Rights" implies the rights identifying with life, freedom, fairness and respect of the individual ensured by the constitution or typified in the International pledges and enforceable by courts in India. "Commission" implies the National Human Rights Commission constituted under segment of All people are conceived free and equivalent in pride and rights are known as Human rights, as generally comprehended, are the rights that each individual is qualified for appreciating uninhibitedly independent of his religion, race, standing, sex, and nationality, and so forth. (Jagdish chand, 2007) In Declaration of Independence recognized the major human rights. Human right means a diverse thing to various individuals. Human Rights are not static, but rather will be somewhat unique in nature. New rights are perceived and authorized every now and then. Just people completely familiar with the most recent improvement about the growing skylines of Human Rights can advance their mindfulness better other.

TPHRA orders the NHRC to play out the accompanying functions:

• proactively or responsively ask into infringement of legislature of India human rights or carelessness in the counteractive action of such infringement by an open hireling

• by leave of the court, to intercede in court continuing identifying with human rights

• make proposals

• review the shields gave by or under the Constitution or any law until further notice in constraint for the assurance of human rights and suggest measures for their successful usage

• review the variables, including demonstrations of psychological warfare that restrain the delight in human rights and prescribe fitting healing measures

• to think about bargains and other global instruments on human rights and make proposals for their power usage

• undertake and advance research in the field of human rights

• engage in human rights instruction among different segments of society and advance attention to the shields accessible for the security of these rights through productions, the media, workshops, and other accessible means

• encourage the endeavors of NGOs and foundations working in the field of human rights

• such other capacity as it might think of it as important for the insurance of human rights.

• requisitioning any open record or duplicate thereof from any court or office.