Explain India's position in establishing human rights
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This article seeks to understand the nature of India’s interventions in the Human Rights Council spanning the areas of civil and political rights, country specific resolutions, socio-economic rights and emerging issues such as sexual orientation and gender identity. India’s voting at the Human Rights Council indicates a preference for either abstaining or diluting human rights concerns when it comes to civil and political rights. With respect to country specific resolutions India has been either hostile or indifferent, except in the case of Sri Lanka and Palestine. With respect to socio-economic rights, India has been more proactive especially with respect to resolutions on access to medicine and human rights and trans-national corporations. India’s overall record at the Human Rights Council indicates a country which does not seem to think that Constitutional values which govern the country internally need to be promoted internationally.
1.human right have been included in India Constitution as fundamental rights of citizens
2. the constitution had the responsibility of protection welfare of women minorities the government
3. the human rights protection act was enacted in 1993
4. Accordingly, national human rights commission and state human rights commission established.
5. human rights commission is responsible for taking Cognizance of completion regarding violation of human taking appointments action regarding violation.