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“Protection of environment is therefore vital for ensuring human rights,” he said.The governor also said democracy could flourish only if people know their rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities. “The prime duty of those at the helm of legal affairs is to educate the public on the rights and privileges they are entitled to in our democratic setup.” “The Human Rights Day observance should be extended to educational institutions as well through human rights clubs,” he added. “Most recently, the commission had visited Sabarimala and stressed the need to ensure facilities for pilgrims. It has also directed schools to refrain from vacation classes,” he said.Pointing out several human rights challenges ‘that continue to confront people in the country’, Sathasivam said some of these cases have global implications. Thiruvananthapuram: Governor P Sathasivam has called for more power to the Kerala state human rights commission (KSHRC) and stressed the need for an audit on ‘how seriously the official machinery has been implementing the commission’s directions’.“If there are instances of official neglect, we must solve them by strengthening the KSHRC by according more power to its directions,” he said while inaugurating the World Human Rights Day observance organized by KSHRC here on Monday.Some interventions of the commission, the governor said, have gone long way in enlightening people about their human rights..