Continued plight of the ‘untouchables’ UN experts call for strengthened protection of more than 260 million victims of caste-based discrimination GENEVA (24 May 2013) – They occupy the lowest levels of strict, hierarchical caste systems founded… Continue Reading →
GENEVA (8 May 2013) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged world governments to ratify a key international instrument that allows individuals and groups who have been denied their economic, social and cultural rights to have… Continue Reading →
By Graham Peebles 03 May, 2013 Countercurrents.org The primary colours of any civil democracy are we would agree, social justice, freedom of expression, freedom to protest and participation. India, with a population of 1.3 billion people is regularly hailed… Continue Reading →
The much-criticized Armed Forces Special Powers Act known as the A-F-S-P-A used by India in Kashmir and troubled northeastern states has once again come under fire — this time by the UN. The body has asked for an immediate repeal… Continue Reading →
Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, its causes and consequences finalises country mission to India NEW DELHI (1 May 2013) – At the end of her official country mission to India, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against… Continue Reading →
The Gujarat Government has done it again! On February 26th 2013, it tabled ‘The Gujarat Irrigation and Drainage Bill, 2013’ which seeks to make it compulsory for farmers to get a licence to draw water from a canal or ground well… Continue Reading →
05 November 2012 PHOTO: SEPHI BERGERSON/UNDP INDIA29 October 2012, New Delhi – The Planning Commission and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a unique online portal http://www.nrcddp.org/ which brings together all the necessary guidelines and best practice processes required for undertaking participatory… Continue Reading →
Sami Ahmed says Twenty years ago the Bangladesh government broke the Universal Declaration of Human Rights when they allowed the child marriage of my mother, Saira Ahmed, to a British paedophile. The purpose of this petition is to generate enough… Continue Reading →
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