‘Global reports need genuine updates’, India slams Human Rights Council
Bagchi’s statement was in response to unfounded remarks made about India, particularly in relation to Jammu and Kashmir.
Bagchi’s statement was in response to unfounded remarks made about India, particularly in relation to Jammu and Kashmir.
Altogether 47 participants from the NHRIs of 14 Global South countries are likely to attend the event, the NHRC said on Sunday.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday stressed the urgent need for a multilateral system that reflects contemporary global realities, one that is better equipped to respond to modern challenges.
Organising secretary of the West Bengal state board of the International Human Rights Council Utpal Roy has urged chief minister Mamata Banerjee to address the acute shortage of mental hospitals and government-run rehabilitation centres in north Bengal.
In December 1978, Jimmy Carter who has died aged 100 outlined his belief that American strategic decisions abroad should be shaped by an adherence to human rights. “Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy … because human rights is the soul of our sense of nationhood.”
A lawyer representing the Sindh Rangers informed the court that of 1,200 missing persons, 900 had already been recovered in the province. Of these, Sindh police located 298 in the last six months.
Blinken's remarks came days after US Representative Ilhan Omar questioned the alleged reluctance of the US government to criticise Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on human rights.
The UN human rights office in Geneva said Russian courts had decided to dissolve two of Russia’s most respected human rights groups and further weaken the country’s dwindling human rights community. “We urge the Russian authorities to protect and support people and organisations that work to advance human rights across the Russian Federation,” it added.
HP Human Rights Commission member Dr Ajay Bhandari made these remarks in a webinar that was organised by Umang Foundation on awareness on human rights.
"Where is the Human Rights Commission in Tripura? Where did the human rights commission go? The whole country has witnessed the assassination of democracy in Tripura. In such a BJP-ruled state, people are suffocating. Why are there no words about the Human Rights Commission and Article 355 in our case in Tripura. What has happened now?"
