Cross border, terrorism is the root cause of human rights violation, says Justice Ranganath Misra.

Justice Ranganath Misra, MP, former Chief Justice of India and Chairperson of NHRC, said that cross border terrorism is main cause of violation of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir. To safeguard the human rights every possible steps will have to be taken. He said that Pakistan has double standards, they preach something and practice something different. Hence, we cannot trust or rely on the statement of Pakistani counterparts.

Justice Misra was addressing the participants of PG diploma course in Human rights at RLEK Human Rights Centre. He is the professor Emeritus of this Course.

On this occasion he released RLEK's publication in Hindi titled, 'Uttaranchal Rajya Ko Bhrastrachar Se Mukt Karne Ke Leye Margdarshika' for free distribution in Uttaranchal. The object of this book is to generate awareness amongst the public, public representatives and bureaucrats about the wide spread corrupt practices and the corruption. Uttaranchal is a newly created state so it is imperative to curb the corruption at this stage otherwise it will spoil the sprit which has been the driving force behind creation of separate hill state. RLEK has taken up this challenging task to fight against the corruption by collaborating with various agencies entrusted to ward off corruption and corrupt practices at all level.

Justice Misra said that corruption is biggest barrier in defending the human rights and it becomes a big problem for the society. Due to rising trends in corruption, the development of the country is not properly.

He said that corruption is like a cancer, and Uttaranchal is a newborn state, so it is very important to stop it by spreading in the state. He assured that in this mission he and his friends will help in every possible way.

On this occasion, he also released the annual report of RLEK for the year 2001 titled 'What They Say 2001'.