• 1 Minorities Seminar in Islamabad PCHR Secretariat
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  • 2 FLOOD RELIEF
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  • 3 HELP THE HOMELESS
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  • 4 Meeting with U.S delegation
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  • 5 CAT IMPLEMENTATION 2011
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The Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights (PCHR) is a voluntary organization comprising members of Pakistani Parliament from all the major political parties and four provinces of Pakistan. These Parliamentarians have joined their hands together for the sole aim of protection and promotion of Human Rights through the parliament.

  • Using Parliamentary practices such as questions, call attention notices, adjournment motions and resolutions, to draw Government's attention to Human Rights issues.



Role of Parliament and Parliamentarians in Promotion & Protection of Human Rights

Although democracy and human rights are often taken as two separate concepts, yet they have striking commonalties, which merges these two concepts to a greater extent of inseparability. This can be seen very clearly mentioned in Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 1948 that" the, will of the people shall be expressed in periodic and genuine election which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held in secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures

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