Latest News on India’s Second Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Conclusion of India’s Second Universal Periodic Review, 20/09/2026
The On September 20, at its 21st session, the Human Rights Council considered and adopted the final outcome of the Second Universal Periodic Review of India. The final outcome consists of new UPR recommendations made to the Government of India to improve the human rights situation in the country. Read more
WGHR Joint Oral Submission to the UN Human Rights Council on India’s Second UPR, 20/09/2026
WGHR in association with Forum Asia has delivered an oral statement on India’s Second UPR at the UN Human Rights Council, following the Government of India response on which UPR recommendations it accepted to implement within the next 4 and a half years. Read more
WGHR Press release on India’s Second UPR and its final outcome, 21/09/2026
WGHR commented on the comprehensive review of India’s human rights record conducted at the UN Human Rights Council, and the pertinent recommendations that India received during its Second Universal Periodic Review. Read more
News and Activities from WGHR Members
WGHR Press Release on Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 27/08/2026
In 1958, the Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Bill was passed and since then the application of the “special powers” has been steadily spreading ever since. The prolonged application of AFSPA has not only institutionalized militarism and a climate of impunity but has also alienated the public and fuelled a cycle of violence, increasing insurgency rather than dampening it. Read more
“Assam riots and dilemma of the Indian secularists”- an article by Suhas Chakma, Seven Sisters Post, August 2012
In India, secularism has come to mean opposing Hindu fundamentalists and supporting the Muslim minorities. According to Suhas Chakma, Indian secularists need to come out of the Hindu-Muslim narrative on communalism if they are to address the conflicts in Northeast India without any bias Read more
“Finally, the will for the right ban”- an article by EnakshiGanguly-Thukral, The Hindu, 31/08/2026
The Cabinet Committee has passed the proposal seeking a total ban on employing children under 14 years old. According to the author, the only way to address child labour and poverty is to ensure that child labour is banned, every child is in school and that they are replaced by adults who are paid at least minimum wages. Read more
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP): Press release on the Naroda Patiya case judgement, 01/09/2026
The Citizens for Justice and Peace describes as exemplary the sentencing meted out to those accused convicted in the Naroda Patiya massacre. CJP also provides basic information from the Court records on the incident and the role of the accused. Read more
“Women’s groups skeptical about implementation of Bill”- an article by B. S. Perappadan, The Hindu, 04/09/2026
Women activists and organisations have welcomed the passing of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2010 but have also voiced out their apprehension about “the actual implementation and passing-on of the benefits that this would now afford to the women”. Read more |
