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Child labours on…as India becomes an economic superpower

  HAQ's response on India's submission to the UN, for the  Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights    This is in response to responses received from item 7 and 9 of the UPR made ..... Read More

Submission to the Select Committee on Prevention of Torture Bill,2010

    Ref: HAQ/Advocacy-Legal/373 /10                                                           Date: 05/10/10   Mr. Mahesh Tiwari, Joint Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Room no. 212-A, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi 110001   Subject: Submission to the Select Committee on Prevention ..... Read More

Selection of Members in National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)

Dear All The Government of India has given us 5 new members for the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights They are : (see  the notification pasted below). It can also be accessed on http://www.wcd.nic.in/ ..... Read More

Reading Between the Poverty Lines by Sachin Kumar Jain

The poverty estimation of the government of India was first challenged by civil society organisations on the streets and in courts in 2002. After 8 years of struggle, which have witnessed a number of strong interim orders by the Supreme Court, the heavily debated and much ..... Read More

UN Press Release on adoption of global action plan to achieve development goals by 2015

  PRESS RELEASE UN Summit concludes with adoption of global action plan to achieve development goals by 2015 Secretary-General secures more than $40 billion for women’s and children’s health UNITED NATIONS, New York, 22 September — A United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) concluded today with the adoption of a ..... Read More