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The country also has an independent judiciary [1] [2] as well as bodies to look into issues of human rights. [3] The 2016 report of Human Rights Watch accepts the above-mentioned facilities but goes to state that India has "serious human rights concerns. Civil society groups face harassment and government critics face intimidation and lawsuits ...
The People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (in Hindi:मानवाधिकार जननिगरानी समिति) is an Indian non-governmental organisation and membership-based movement which work to ensure basic rights for marginalised groups in Indian society, e.g. children, women, Dalits and tribes to establish rule of law through participatory activism against ...
When asked in 2019 of the government’s obligation to protect human rights, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah said that while “the protection and promotion of human rights have always been an ...
The founding conference of the PUCL in November 1980, drafted and adopted the organization's constitution, making it a membership based organization. [7] The PUCL's constitution does not allow members of a political party to hold any office and hold membership in the PUCL; the number of members, belonging to political parties, in the national or state executive committees shall not be more ...
Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA; Save Childhood Movement) is an India-based children's rights movement. It was started in 1980 by Nobel Laureate Mr. Kailash Satyarthi. It campaigns against bonded labour, child labour and human trafficking, and promotes the right to education for all children. It has so far freed close to 100,000 children from ...
Vigil India Movement (Vigil India) is a non-governmental organisation based in Bangalore working in the field of human rights in India.Founded in 1977, by Rev. Dr. M.A. Thomas, who also founded the Ecumenical Christian Centre in Bangalore in 1963 and Association of Christian Institutes for Social Concern in Asia.
Human rights abuses in India (18 C, 38 P) A. Indian human rights activists (6 C, 139 P) C. Children's rights in India (3 C, 10 P) E. Human rights enforcement agencies ...
The Self-Respect Movement is a popular human rights movement originating in South India aimed at achieving social equality for those oppressed by the Indian caste system, [1] advocating for lower castes to develop self-respect. [2]