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Besides this, certain State Governments have also proposed for amendment of the Act, as they have been facing difficulties in finding suitable candidates to the post of Chairperson of the respective State Commissions owing to the existing eligibility criteria to the said post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019, inter alia, provides<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">that a person who has been a Judge of the Supreme Court is also made eligible to be appointed as Chairperson of the Commission in addition to the person who has been the Chief Justice of India;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">to increase the Members of the Commission from two to three of which, one shall be a woman;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">to include Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes, Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities as deemed Members of the Commission;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">to reduce the term of the Chairperson and Members of the Commission and the State Commissions from five to three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">to provide that a person who has been a Judge of a High Court is also made eligible to be appointed as Chairperson of the State Commission in addition to the person who has been the Chief Justice of the High Court; and,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">to confer upon State Commissions, the functions relating to human rights being discharged by the Union territories, other than the Union territory of Delhi, which will be dealt with by the Commission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>[Press Release dt. 22-07-2019]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>[Source: PIB]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajya Sabha passed the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019 unanimously on 22-07-2019. 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