The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in its latest report (A/HRC/42/39) submitted to the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council being held in Geneva from 9-27 September 2019 stated that many detainees who were subjects of its opinions have faced reprisals from the Member States and called on the States concerned […]
The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has urged Bhutan to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention which has submitted its final report after visiting the country in January 2019 to assess situation regarding the deprivation of liberty. The Working Group has submitted its final report to the UN […]
Pakistan has turned into a prison for Aasia Bibi. After acquittal by the Supreme Court from concocted blasphemy charges on 31 October 2018, the government of Pakistan entered into an agreement with the Tehreek-e-Labaik to place her name on the Exit Control List to prevent her from leaving the country which is indispensable to protect […]
The problem of female foeticide or sex selection in India is acute in India. The invention of technology i.e. ultrasonography for pre-natal sex determination in 1980s replaced intentional killing of infant girls with sex selective abortion of female foetuses. Since 1990s various studies recognised female infanticide as a serious problem with reduction of women in […]
In an unprecedented order, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directed the Chief Secretary, Government of Goa “to arrest and bring the said Secretary, Home Department, Government of Goa before the Commission on 19.9.2018 at 12:00 Noon and return the warrant duly executed on or before 12.9.2018 with an endorsement certifying the day on which […]
The interventions of the Asian Centre for Human Rights led to the rescue of two Scheduled Tribe girls of Assam, aged 12 years and 19 years, and their reunion with their families after they were abducted and trafficked to Mumbai in 2012. The tribal girls namely Dibya Devi Chakma (12 years), d/o Natun Chandra Chakma […]
The problem of female foeticide or sex selection in India is acute in India. The invention of technology i.e. ultrasonography for pre-natal sex determination in 1980s replaced intentional killing of infant girls with sex selective abortion of female foetuses. Since 1990s various studies recognised female infanticide as a serious problem with reduction of women in […]
This report chronicles as to how the United Nations Human Rights Council considered the issue of female foeticide in India under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of India’s human rights record during the third cycle of the UPR held in May 2017. In its National report, the Government of India raised the issue and that […]
A total of 4,29,225 girls altogether went missing during 2001 and 2011 in the age bracket of 0-10 years in Gujarat according to Census 2011 and Gujarat recorded the 8th lowest Child Sex Ratio (CSR) among 35 States and UTs of India with CSR of 890 girls per 1000 boys against all India average […]
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in its latest report (A/HRC/42/39) submitted to the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council being held in Geneva from 9-27 September 2019 stated that many detainees who were subjects of its opinions have faced reprisals from the Member States and called on the States concerned […]
The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has urged the Government of Bangladesh to cooperate with the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to determine the fate or whereabouts of those disappeared and to prevent future enforced disappearances in the country. The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in its latest report submitted […]
The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz in her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council stated that the indigenous peoples around the world are facing discrimination and hurdles in accessing justice. According to the report, indigenous peoples are often less likely to receive favourable rulings than non-indigenous litigants and […]
Pursuant to the directions of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) vide proceedings dated 26.04.2019, a 15-year-old Dalit boy who had been victimized by a Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Sanjesh Yadav in Hathras district, received interim compensation of Rs.1.5 lakh in May 2019. As per report dated 18.07.2019 submitted by the Superintendent of Police, Hathras, […]
Available at Gulf News 10 September 2019 Girls are disappearing from some communities, some are bought as ‘slaves’ by the men Dubai: Women are being forced to take several husbands at once amid ‘wife shortage’ in the Baghpat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. An August 2019 story by the Telegraph shares the account of […]
I. The UNSC Resolution 1325 On 31 October 2000, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. It among others, calling upon all parties to armed conflicts to “respect fully international law applicable to the rights and protection of women and girls, especially as civilians, in particular the obligations […]
As Nepal successfully concluded the second Constituent Assembly elections on 19th November 2013, the Supreme Court in a historic judgement on 2 January 2014 held that general amnesty provided in the ‘Commission of Inquiry on Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Ordinance’ of March 2013 is unconstitutional. The Court further held that the merger of two […]
