Human Rights In India

Justice Arun Mishra is new NHRC chief: First non-CJI to hold post; ex-SC judge had called Modi 'versatile genius'

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, who was part of the Apointment Committee, dissociated himself from the selection process after his suggestion to include a member of the SC/ST community in the NHRC was rejected

Human Rights Day on 10 December: 70 years since UN adopted resolution, violations still not thing of past

As the world marks 70 years of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights marked as International Human Rights Day, the UN's year-long campaign #Standup4HumanRights draws to a close.

Torture to sex ratio: Scrutiny of India's rights record in UNHRC

India will attempt to gloss over the details of its record of maintaining its citizens human rights as it comes under scrutiny in the UNHRC.