Category: India

INDIA: Absence of police reforms threatens national security

25th Session - 2014 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, India, Written Submissions February 20, 2014July 10, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

ALRC-CWS-25-04-2014 February 20, 2014 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty fifth session, Agenda Item 3, General Debate A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDIA: Absence of police reforms threatens national security 1. Of all what transcribed, aired live by the Indian visual media, the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai was also the revealing moment of how India’s security apparatus was thoroughly unprepared to deal with an emergency, like a coordinated attack upon the country’s financial hub and the people who call the city home. By the time the Government of Maharashtra, along with the union government and its security forces counteracted, lives were […]

INDIA: Between the rock and a hard place – children in armed conflict

24th Session - 2013 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, India, Written Submissions September 4, 2013July 14, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2013 ALRC-CWS-24-05-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty-fourth session, Agenda Item 3, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: Between the rock and a hard place – children in armed conflict 1. India ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1992 with a declaration on Article 32. It has ratified the two Optional Protocols to the Convention, on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict on 30 November 2005 and on Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography on 16 August 2005. Yet, children in India […]

INDIA: A widow’s voice from Manipur resounds at the UN Human Rights Council

Countries, documents, India, press releases, South Asia May 31, 2013January 16, 2017 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-003-2013 A Joint Press Release by Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families Association, Manipur (EEVFAM), India and the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDIA: A widow’s voice from Manipur resounds at the UN Human Rights Council (Hong Kong, 31 May 2013) Ms. Neena Ningombam, representing the Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families Association, Manipur (EEVFAM) and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) spoke at the 23rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Neena spoke about extrajudicial executions in India and South Asia in the context of the report filed by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions to the Council. The speech could […]

INDIA: Discussion on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958

Countries, documents, India, press releases May 27, 2013January 16, 2017 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-002-2013 A Joint Press Release by Human Rights Alert and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (Hong Kong, May 27, 2013) Human Rights Alert (HRA) and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) will hold a discussion on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) at Palais des Nations, on 29 June, 2013. The discussion will coincide with the report of the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions to the 23 Session of the UN Human Rights Council. The report, A/HRC/23/47/Add.1, dated 26 April 2013, covers the Rapporteur’s visit to India. The Rapporteur’s report deals at length the ill effects of AFSPA, […]

INDIA: India’s domestic and international human rights obligations are incompatible with the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958

23rd Session - 2013 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, India, Written Submissions May 21, 2013July 14, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2013 ALRC-CWS-23-02-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty-third session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: India’s domestic and international human rights obligations are incompatible with the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 1. “The present case appears to be one where two persons along with some others were just seized from a hut, taken to a long distance away in a truck, and shot there. This type of activity cannot certainly be countenanced by the courts even in the case […]

INDIA: A long way to go to ensure food security

22nd Session - 2013 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, India, Written Submissions February 20, 2013July 14, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-07-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: A long way to go to ensure food security 1. Set to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation by 2030, India has a population of over 1.2 billion and is facing an enormous food shortage crisis. Government corruption has rendered it impossible to institute any lasting means through which to feed the Indian people. India has the largest population of hungry citizens, and is home to more than […]

INDIA: Human Rights Council’s intervention sought concerning India’s violations of indigenous peoples’ rights

18th Session - 2011 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, India, Written Submissions August 30, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 30, 2011 ALRC-CWS-18-04-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eighteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: Human Rights Council’s intervention sought concerning India’s violations of indigenous peoples’ rights The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to highlight the Government of India’s failure to ensure the rights of indigenous people in the country, particularly in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, where the indigenous population (also known as Scheduled Tribes or Adivasis) is predominant. India has amongst the largest concentrations […]

INDIA: Human Rights Council’s intervention sought concerning India’s violations of indigenous peoples’ rights

18th Session - 2011 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, India, Written Submissions August 30, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 30, 2011 ALRC-CWS-18-04-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eighteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: Human Rights Council’s intervention sought concerning India’s violations of indigenous peoples’ rights The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to highlight the Government of India’s failure to ensure the rights of indigenous people in the country, particularly in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, where the indigenous population (also known as Scheduled Tribes or Adivasis) is predominant. India has amongst the largest concentrations […]

INDIA: Bonded labour in India

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, India, Written Submissions August 30, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 30, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-12-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 4 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: Bonded labour in India Bonded labour is prohibited in India by law. Though the Constitution directly and indirectly prohibits the practice, vide Articles 21, 23 (1) and 24, a specific law that prohibits the practice, the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act was legislated only in 1976. Despite the statutory prohibition, bonded labour is widely practiced. The worst affected are the children, particularly those from the Dalit community. The practice is so prevalent in […]

INDIA: Threats to human rights defenders undermine democracy

13th Session - 2010 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, India, Written Submissions February 24, 2010August 25, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2010 ALRC-CWS-13-07-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Thirteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: Threats to human rights defenders undermine democracy Mr. Jiten Yumnam is a human rights defender (HRD) and environmental activist working in the Indian state of Manipur. On 14 September 2009, the police arrested Jiten along with seven others in Manipur, in connection with First Information Report 178 (9)/2009 registered at Imphal West Police Station. After arrest the police tortured Jiten by applying electric […]