In the backdrop of multiple ongoing conflicts in the world, NHRC chairperson Justice V Ramasubramanian (retd) on Saturday pitched for a "complete overhaul" of the Paris Principles so that international standards are set for better protection of human rights. In his remarks during a session -- 'NHRCs in Turbulent Times' -- held as part of the Raisina Dialogue here, he argued that Paris Principles take care of only a "cosmetic outlook" of the matter, as to how a human rights institution is to be constituted. The Paris Principles are a set of standards for National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) developed by the United Nations in 1993. These were subsequently endorsed by the UN General Assembly in 1993, and set out the basic guidelines recommended by the UN in the establishment of a national human rights institution. On the current global situation when several conflicts are taking place in the world, the NHRC chief, without naming anyone or any country, lamented that the first ...