On 22nd February 2011, the State Government of Manipur in its presentation to the Project Approval Board of the Integrated Child Protection Scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development stated that “there are more than 3000 children in difficult circumstances in Manipur which includes children affected by armed conflict, ethnic clashes, orphan children […]
Himachal Pradesh faces substantial problems with juvenile delinquency but the implementation of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children Act), 2000 [hereinafter referred to as JJ(C&PC)] remains very poor. According to the data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Himachal Pradesh registered 159 cases of juvenile delinquency […]
Since 20 July 2012, the riots in the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD) consisting of Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar and Udalgiri districts, and neighbouring Dhubri district of Assam have claimed about 90 lives as on 31 August 2012 and displaced over 400,000 people. This internal displacement has been variedly described as the largest one since India’s […]
On 11-12 August 2012, a team of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) consisting of Planning Commission Member, Dr. Syeda Hameed, Advisor Dr. G. B Panda, and Member of NCM, Keki N. Daruwalla visited the riot affected areas of western Assam. The NCM’s report was covered in the press on 16 August 2012 suggesting that […]
On 24th May 2012, the United Nations Human Right Council reviewed India’s human rights record during the 13th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, Switzerland. This was India’s second review under the UPR. During the UPR examination of India in 2008, only 18 recommendations were made to India. Though India submitted its […]
The situation of juveniles in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection across India is precarious. Nothing underlines this more than the situation in Karnataka. While the State Human Rights Commission and State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in Karnataka have been more vigilant than their counterparts in other States, […]
This submission is being made by Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) pursuant to the call made by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India for comments from the civil society organizations on its “Draft Universal Periodic Report-II” (available at http://www.mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=5212). The comments are to be submitted by either fax to 011-23011922 or emailed […]
