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India’s Role For Promotion of Human Rights in Third Countries Through Universal Periodic Review

Under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) scrutinises human rights records of all the member States of the United Nations. The UPR was created as a mechanism of the HRC ostensibly to address selectivity and politicization under then UN Commission on Human Rights. Since its first session in […]

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India’s 2012 UPR examination: No commitment on enhancing human rights but a mountain to climb

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 […]

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India’s Draft Universal Periodic Report-II: A Case of Forced Marriage?

This submission is being made by Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) pursuant to the call made by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India for comments from the civil society organizations on its “Draft Universal Periodic Report-II” (available at http://www.mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=5212). The comments are to be submitted by either fax to 011-23011922 or emailed […]