UPR Info

Complete the drafting of the anti-discrimination act as soon as possible to ensure that Roma will not be discriminated in the field of employment, health care, education, housing and the administration of Justice.

Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Promote the institutionalization of the agency for social inclusion of Roma communities.

Take all necessary measures to promote and strengthen the foundation of family and its values in society.

Take further measures to follow up on the recommendations of the Human Rights Committee and CEDAW related to anti-discrimination legislation.

To take all measures to prevent any kind of reappearance of Nazism and not to let any such acts go unpunished.

Adhere to the recommendation by CEDAW to closely monitor the effective implementation of the new legal framework in the Employment Act and Labour Code, provide anti-discrimination provisions for the advancement of women and minorities and ensure that the private sector fully abides by anti-discrimination laws.

Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Adopt appropriate measures to eradicate gender-based violence, particularly domestic violence.

Include a gender-perspective in the follow-up process to the UPR review.

Strengthen efforts to restrict any outbreaks of racism and xenophobia, particularly manifestations of racism and discrimination on the Internet, as recommended by CERD.

Consider ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

Continue reviewing the procedures regarding requests for asylum in the light of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.

Continue to take effective measures to prevent violence against women.

Share best practices in the promotion and protection of human rights taking into account the multireligious, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic nature of Indian society.

Receive as soon as possible the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture.

Expedite ratification of the Convention against Torture

Maintain disaggregated data on caste and related discrimination.

Continue energizing existing mechanisms to enhance the addressing of human rights challenges.

Extend standing invitation to special procedures.

Strengthen human rights education, specifically in order to address effectively the phenomenon of gender-based and caste-based discrimination.

Continue efforts to allow for a harmonious life in a multi-religious, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual society.

Ratify the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

While recognizing achievements of the Instance Equité - Reconciliation (IER), to continue to implement the remaining recommendations of the IER.

Continue efforts to improve prison conditions.

Implement all the articles of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.