Much cause for introspection: Independence Day musings
On India’s Independence Day, this analysis of the audit of India’s human rights report after 28 years makes for a sad reading.
Prameela K
Published on: 15 August 2024, 05:43 am
On India's Independence Day, this analysis of the audit of India's human rights report after 28 years makes for a sad reading.
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India celebrates the 78th anniversary of its Independence from colonial yoke. A recent United Nations audit of the human rights situation in the country, however, tells a sad tale.
Twenty-eight years after the last audit of India's human rights report by the United Nations makes for a sad reading.
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report
On July 22, 2024, the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) adopted concluding observations after consideration of the fourth periodic report of India at its meetings earlier.
For reasons of brevity, one is only focusing attention on a few issues.
At the outset, the UNHRC regretted that while the Supreme Court of India had given effect to the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in its Orders, in cases of disparity with domestic law, the ICCPR did not prevail.
