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First for Modi govt, UNHRC to review India's human rights record
New Delhi, 2 MayThe UN Human Rights Council, or UNHRC, will examine India's human rights record on Thursday. This is part of the UN body's Universal Periodic Review started in 2008. This will be India's third review, but significantly its first during the tenure of the Narendra Modi government.Each of the 193 UN member states are reviewed for their human rights record once in four years by their peers, that is other member states. India's earlier two Universal Periodic Reviews, or UPRs, took place in April 2008 and May 2012. These had proved to be contentious, with the then Congress-led UPA governments criticized for refusing to accept recommendations.But the third review is likely to be even more testy, since it comes in the wake of increased reports of attacks on religious minorities and Dalits.India takes the UPR process seriously. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi will head the Indian delegation to Geneva.In its national report sent for the review, India has denied human rights ...
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