CORE urges for amendment
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 11 2014:
On the occasion of International Human Rights Day on Wednesday, the CORE has issued a statement saying, 'every day is Human Rights day: a day on which we work to ensure that all people can gain equality, dignity and freedom' .
The statement urged the government of India to re-introduce an appropriate Prevention of Torture Bill amended to fully reflect international standards in Parliament within this winter session.
Affirming that 'all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights', the statement further said that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights promises to all the economic, social, political, cultural and civil rights that underpin a life free from want and fear.
Even though torture is universally condemned today by every international human rights and humanitarian law, and nothing can justify torture, the government of India is yet to ratify the UN Convention against Torture and adopt an appropriate legislation by Parliament that aims to prevent torture, provide redress and comprehensive rehabilitation to victims of torture, it added.