On 24th May 2012, the United Nations Human Right Council reviewed India’s human rights record during the 13th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, Switzerland. This was India’s second review under the UPR.
During the UPR examination of India in 2008, only 18 recommendations were made to India. Though India submitted its Action Taken Report, apart from extending standing invitation to the Special Procedures mandate holders, other recommendations remained unimplemented.
During the UPR examination on 24th May 2012, over 80 recommendations (depending on the how the Secretariat of the UN Human Rights Council collates) were made. As India failed to commit even to enhance the legal framework for protection of human rights in its Concluding Remarks, the UPR process will face increasingly questions about its effectiveness despite positive recommendations from all the member States irrespective of the regional grouping.
This report briefly provides information about the questions raised at the UPR session, the recommendations made by the member States from all the Regional Groups of the United Nations, analyses the responses of the Government of India and impact of the UPR on India.
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