The 41st session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is being held from 7-18 November 2022 at UN Human Rights Council, Geneva. During session, review of Human Rights situation of ten countries including India will be held. A working group comprising members from Netherlands, Sudan and Nepal will carry out UPR on 10 November. UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances made a public communique which was sent to Indian government. UN Special Rapporteurs expressed severe concerns over the longstanding lack of identification and preservation of unmarked graves containing the remains of unidentified persons as well as alleged enforced disappearances in IIOJK on many occasions. They expressed concerns over continued lack of identification and preservation of unmarked single and mass graves in IIOJK, including the failure to conduct forensic investigations in accordance with international standards.
The 41st session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is being held from 7-18 November 2022 at UN Human Rights Council, Geneva. During the session, review of Human Rights situation of ten countries including India will be held. A working group comprising members from Netherlands, Sudan and Nepal will carry out UPR on 10 November. UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances made a public communique which was sent to Indian government. UN Special Rapporteurs expressed severe concerns over the longstanding lack of identification and preservation of unmarked graves containing the remains of unidentified persons as well as alleged enforced disappearances in IIOJK on many occasions. They expressed concerns over continued lack of identification and preservation of unmarked single and mass graves in IIOJK, including the failure to conduct forensic investigations in accordance with international standards.
