Background information about India:
- BBC country profile: India
- Governments on the WWW: India
- politicalresources.net: India
- OHCHR country page on India
- UPR documentation on India
- International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) resources: (1) Fact sheet on caste discrimination in India; (2) UN documentation on caste-based discrimination in India
Universal Periodic Review
India will be examined under the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review mechanism (Second Cycle) during the 13th session of the UPR Working Group on 21 May - 4 June 2012 in Geneva.
- See the joint submission of Franciscans International (FI) and Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd. This report is a result of three UPR workshops organized in India by Franciscans International Asia Pacific in preparation of the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review. For further information, click here.
- See the submission of the Lutheran World Federation.
India was examined during the Ist session (7-18 April 2008) of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review mechanism.
See UPR documentation on India, including outcome report.
Treaty Bodies
Forthcoming
Recent
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
India was examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - at its 47th session, 4 - 22 October 2010, in Geneva.
Special Procedures
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, visited India for her first fact-finding mission from 10 to 21 January 2011.
- Press release, 10 January 2011.
- Press release, 21 January 2011.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights visited India on 11 - 21 January 2010.
- Press release, 8 January 2010.
Other Information/Comments
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights undertook a visit to Nepal and India on 18-23 March 2009.
- See advance press release, 17 March 2009.
- See Statement by High Commissioner for Human Rights at the National Human Rights Commission, Delhi, 23 March 2009
