New Delhi: For effective climate action, Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) based in New Delhi today urged India to withdraw the Draft National Forest Policy of 2018 to protect the climate in India and worldwide. “The draft National Forest Policy of 2018 is nothing but a means to usurp the powers of the Gram Sabhas over […]
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POCSO Case: 15-year-old Dalit boy receives interim compensation of Rs.1.5 lakh in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
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, […]
Detainees face reprisals, says UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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 […]
Enforced disappearances: Bangladesh must cooperate with UN body, urges ACHR
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 […]
Women in this part of India are being forced to marry multiple husbands
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 […]
Indigenous peoples face discrimination in accessing justice: UN Special Rapporteur
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 […]
NHRC directs Maharashtra to pay Rs 2 Lakhs each to kin of three persons killed by police
On 4 April 2019, the National Human Rights Commission recommended to the State Government of Maharashtra to pay Rs 2,00,000 (Two Lakhs) each as compensation to the next of kin of the three deceased persons, namely Gopal Shinde, Anmol Jadhav and Prashant Pawar who were killed in unprovoked firing by Sanjay Baliram Shinde, Assistant Sub-Inspector […]
ACHR urges Bhutan to implement the recommendations of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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 […]
SC rejects plea for directing Centre to bring law on torture
THE WEEK 05 September 2019 New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Centre to enact a suitable stand alone comprehensive legislation based on UN Convention on custodial torture, observing that it is under the government’s “active consideration”. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi rejected […]
Police, jail authorities need to be held accountable
Available at The Tribune 28 July 2019 On an average, five Indians died in custody every day between April 2017 and February 2018, a report claims The death in custody on July 21 of Amritsar-based importer Gurpinder Singh (29), a key accused in last month’s 532-kg record heroin haul at the Wagah-Attari border, has once […]