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UNHRC concerned over violence against minority groups in India, prolonged use of counter-terrorism laws in 'disturbed areas'
July 25, 2024 10:38 pm
On India, while appreciating the measures adopted by it to address discrimination, it called on India to enact comprehensive anti-discrimination laws and implement measures to promote respect for diversity.
Grover part of panel probing human rights violations in Ukraine
July 07, 2023 8:25 am
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine was set up in March 2022. The Commission is headed by Erik Møse Norway and also includes Pablo de Greiff from Colombia.
At Human Rights Council, India UN rep underlines values of ‘Ahimsa’, ‘Satyagraha’
March 18, 2023 4:07 am
Pandey stressed that there is strong resonance in the universal values contained in the universal declaration of human rights of the ideas and values espoused by Mahatma Gandhi, the global icon of non-violence, a statement from the Indian mission said.
United Nations suspends Russia from human rights body over Ukraine
April 07, 2022 10:46 pm
A two-thirds majority of voting members in the 193-member General Assembly in New York - abstentions do not count - was needed to suspend Russia from the 47-member Geneva-based Human Rights Council.
UN says killings in Congo ethnic clashes may be crimes against humanity
March 12, 2019 4:05 pm
The U.N. said in January that there were credible reports of at least 890 deaths in the clashes over three days in four villages in Yumbi territory in the west of the country.
China says it regrets US quitting UN Human Rights Council
June 20, 2018 2:52 pm
Beijing also releases an annual report lambasting the United States for its rights problems, invariably citing racism, political standards and gun violence.
U.N. mission asks for more time to investigate violence against Rohingyas
September 19, 2017 5:02 pm
Marzuki Darusman told the Geneva-based council the time left until his current March 2018 deadline was "utterly insufficient" and asked for a six-month extension. His mission is meant to assess the situation across all of Myanmar since 2011.
UN rights chief urges Sri Lanka to move faster on implementing UN proposals
September 12, 2017 3:14 pm
Al Hussein said the absence of credible action in Sri Lanka to ensure accountability for alleged violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law makes the exercise of universal jurisdiction even more necessary.
DMK pitches for abolition of death sentence
February 16, 2014 5:24 pm
Capital punishment would "neither eradicate nor reduce" crimes DMK pitches for abolition of death sentence
DMK plans to cash in on Lankan Tamils issue
March 04, 2013 12:17 am
Kanimozhi,Stalin at the forefront of urging UNHRC member countries to back US-sponsored resolution against Lanka
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