UNHRC working group opinions India’s nationwide report on human rights
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NEW DELHI: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta is main a Universal Periodic Review working group delegation on the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Ministry of External Affairs mentioned.
The forty first session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) working group started on Monday and India’s nationwide report was reviewed on Thursday, the ministry mentioned in a launch.
The occasion will conclude on November 18.
The delegation contains senior officers from varied ministries and the NITI Aaayog, together with the vice-chancellor of the National Law University.
India’s nationwide report, outlining the steps taken to guard and promote human rights, was submitted on August 5, the ministry mentioned.
Under UPR, member states evaluate the human rights efficiency of fellow members, it mentioned.
Besides reinforcing the centrality of member states in fulfilling their human rights obligations, the UPR locations significance on dialogue and cooperation and has emerged as probably the most profitable human rights mechanisms, it added.
“India has actively participated in the review of other states and we welcome the fact that 133 member states have registered to engage in our peer review,” the ministry mentioned in its assertion.
NEW DELHI: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta is main a Universal Periodic Review working group delegation on the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Ministry of External Affairs mentioned.
The forty first session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) working group started on Monday and India’s nationwide report was reviewed on Thursday, the ministry mentioned in a launch.
The occasion will conclude on November 18.
The delegation contains senior officers from varied ministries and the NITI Aaayog, together with the vice-chancellor of the National Law University.
India’s nationwide report, outlining the steps taken to guard and promote human rights, was submitted on August 5, the ministry mentioned.
Under UPR, member states evaluate the human rights efficiency of fellow members, it mentioned.
Besides reinforcing the centrality of member states in fulfilling their human rights obligations, the UPR locations significance on dialogue and cooperation and has emerged as probably the most profitable human rights mechanisms, it added.
“India has actively participated in the review of other states and we welcome the fact that 133 member states have registered to engage in our peer review,” the ministry mentioned in its assertion.
