EVENT INFORMATION

3
Maart
2020

UN human-rights office seeks intervention in citizenship-law challenge

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📅 3 Maart 2020 📍 India

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights sought to intervene as a third party in the Supreme Court litigation over India’s Citizenship Amendment Act. The application raised questions about equality and international protections for migrants, including refugees. India objected to outside intervention. The step supported scrutiny of the law’s exclusion of Muslims; it was not a Supreme Court ruling invalidating the Act.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Michelle Bachelet

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Supreme Court of India