Human Rights in India : An Overview
United Nations universal periodic review III
Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR) *
Introduction (Methodolgy and Consultation Process)
1. WGHR’s work in relation to UPR began in 2009 prior to India’s second UPR. During the period
following the adoption in 2012 of India’s second UPR recommendations, WGHR has been active in
preparing a monitoring tool and in supporting collective consultations across the country and including
through thematic consultations that led to the formulation of a mid-term report. In 2015 WGHR
organised five regional consultations and five national thematic consultations (comprising of 250
human rights organisations, CSOs, individual activists, academics and media activists) to assess the
progress achieved in the implementation of recommendations given to India during the first and second
cycles of Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The outcome was the “WGHR-India-Stakeholders
Assessment Report 2015 on the Implementation of UPR I and UPR II Recommendations”.1
2. During July and August 2016, State Consultations for UPR III were organized in nearly 20 states
across the country, including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, 8 North
Eastern states, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, in which approximately a thousand grassroots level human
rights organizations, activists and state experts took part. This extensive national process culminated in
a National Consultation in Manesar, Haryana bringing together 90 participants representing national
human rights organisations, thematic networks and independent experts in various areas of human
rights to discuss, debate and jointly agree upon the UPR III Civil Society Organization Stakeholders
Report which we are submitting to the United Nations prior to 22nd September 2016.
Download the full report here
* This report is by Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR)
Report forwarded by Human Rights Alert (HRA) who can be contacted at bloitongbam(AT)gmail(DOT)com
This article was posted on January 13, 2017.
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