With an aim to raise awareness among all stakeholders about the importance of good governance with relation to human rights and development, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organised a two-day Regional workshop themeed on 'Good Governance, Development and Human Rights' here beginning today.
The workshop at the State Convention Centre in the city was being organised in collaboration with the government of Meghalaya with Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram as other participating states.
The workshop brings State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) members, government officials, NGOs, civil societies, academicians and scholars from each of the four participating states to a platform where they can effectively discuss examples of governance practices that have an impact on the promotion of human rights and to draw lessons with focus on essential elements of good governance.
The deliberations were further aimed at identifying further challenges and share best practices of good governance and development as well as to formulate a vision for the road ahead.
Addressing the inaugural session as Chief Guest, Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr. Mukul Sangma lauded the initiative of the NHRC stating that this will help create an enabling environment to ensure that we as a nation have a system for ensuring that human rights are accessible to people.
He further contended that the workshop provides an opportunity for the inherent traditional systems of the North-Eastern region to be taken advantage of, so that a more vigilant society can be created.
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