The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has urged Bhutan to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention which has submitted its final report after visiting the country in January 2019 to assess situation regarding the deprivation of liberty. The Working Group has submitted its final report to the UN […]
Among the States and Union Territories (UTs) of India, Delhi has the 4th worst record of Child Sex Ratio (CSR) as per 2011 census. The CSR of Delhi declined sharply by 47 points from 915 in 1991 census to 868 during 2001 census. It showed marginal recovery by 3 points to 871 during 2011 census […]
This report chronicles as to how the United Nations Human Rights Council considered the issue of female foeticide in India under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of India’s human rights record during the third cycle of the UPR held in May 2017. In its National report, the Government of India raised the issue and that […]
