Credibility of UN Human Rights Council rests on even-handedness: India
- India said the United Nations Human Rights Council’s credibility depends on even-handedness, equal treatment and avoiding country-specific mandates without the affected country’s involvement.
- India urged dialogue, cooperation, capacity-building and genuine partnerships instead of politicisation, selectivity and double standards.
- India called for equal attention to economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights, as well as stronger international cooperation to address poverty, debt and limited access to technology.
- India described terrorism as one of the gravest threats to human rights, especially the right to life, and urged the Council to maintain sustained attention on it.
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Human rights best advanced through dialogue...not politicisation: India tells UNGA; calls for balanced approach
Making four observations on the functioning of the Human Rights Council, Mangalanandan said its credibility depended on maintaining even-handedness and ensuring that all countries were treated fairly.
Human rights best advanced through dialogue...not politicisation: India tells UNGA; calls for balanced approach - The Tribune
Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Friday (local time), India's First Secretary Bhavika Mangalanandan highlighted the need for equal treatment of all categories of human rights, enhanced international cooperation and a balanced approach towards the functioning of the Human Rights Council.
India stresses impartiality for UN Human Rights Council's credibility
United Nations: India has said the credibility of the UN Human Rights Council rests on “even-handedness”, asserting that country-specific mandates pursued without the engagement of the nation concerned hardly improve the situation on the ground. First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Bhavika Mangalanandan addressed the UN General Assembly on the … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Spo…
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Hindustan TimesCredibility of UN Human Rights Council rests on even-handedness: India
United Nations, Oct 31 (PTI) India has said the credibility of the UN Human Rights Council rests on “even-handedness”, asserting that country-specific mandates pursued without the engagement of the nation concerned hardly improve the situation on the ground. First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Bhavika Mangalanandan addressed the UN General […]
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