New Delhi: Cross-border terrorism victims should be looked through the prism of human rights, and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) should seriously examine these cases by going beyond the conventional perspective of violations, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday.
"State was all mighty, police has all the power, that their excesses constitute violation of human rights, that is the conventional view. But today, there are people and organisations consciously and deliberately raising the flag of terrorism. Children, their parents and security personnel too are killed. Terrorists come and kill with impunity; CRPF jawans have their vehicles tossed up in a blast and they are killed... what about the human rights of the victims and their family," Prasad asked.
He was speaking at a function here to mark the foundation day of the NHRC.
"When we talk of human rights, we must consider human rights of victims of terror also," he said.
"There are conventional scheme of things on rights issue, but there are people who are abusing their rights with AK-47 in their hands, with grenade bombs with instigation from across the border, and killing the innocent with impunity, we need to revisit the concept of the rights of these victims' family," the minister said.
"Human rights of victims of terror as well as family members of men who sacrifice their lives fighting terrorists should also be protected," he said in a tweet.
The Law and Justice Minister, who also holds the portfolio of Electronics and Information Technology, said there is need
to focus on the rights of people suffering from HIV-AIDS and cancer as well.
"What about the discrimination faced by people with HIV, and cancer? Human rights encompass right to life and equality, gender justice and dignity too," he said.
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