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India rejects ‘politically motivated, highly malicious references’ in remarks by UNCERD

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Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. File
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India on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) rejected observations made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD), calling them “politically motivated” and “highly malicious”.

The response, from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, comes after the UN Committee raised concerns about “reports of large-scale violations perpetrated by law enforcement officials against ethnic and ethno-religious groups, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, including Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, particularly Dalits, and non-citizens.”

In a press note that called for addressing “hate speech” and “hate crimes” in India, the Committee had said that there has been an increase in incidents against the Bengali-speaking Muslims and called on the Government of India to “ensure accountability” for these violations.

In an official statement, the MEA noted that it has taken note of the remarks released by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination following India’s 11th periodic review under ICERD, conducted in Geneva on August 11-12.

The Government of India had sent Solicitor General Tushar Mehta as the Head of the Indian Delegation for the review.

The MEA clarified that the exercise constituted a routine treaty-body review, in which India participated in a spirit of constructive engagement. It stressed that India’s commitment to combating racial discrimination remains firm and unwavering.

Throughout the review process, India underscored its constitutional safeguards, comprehensive legal framework, pluralistic ethos, and continuous efforts directed at safeguarding disadvantaged communities.

“While we will respond to the Committee’s observations through the established procedure, the inter-Ministerial delegation, which was led by the Solicitor General of India, Shri Tushar Mehta, had already rejected the sweeping generalisations, unsubstantiated allegations, or tendency to exceed the Convention’s mandate during the review meeting,” the MEA stated.

“India rejects any politically motivated highly malicious references in the report with all the contempt that it deserves,” the Ministry added.

India’s 12th and 21st combined periodic reports submitted to CERD

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) functions as an independent expert panel tasked with monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination across its States parties.

The recent review, conducted on August 11-12, encompassed India’s 12th and 21st combined periodic reports submitted to CERD in 2023. Deliberations addressed various matters, including the administrative framework for implementing ICERD, progress achieved by marginalised groups, and policy interventions to counter prejudice and intolerance, according to a statement by the Permanent Mission of India in Geneva.

“The Indian delegation highlighted our pluralism; diversity; scale and complexity; constitutional and legal framework and safeguards; affirmative actions, democratic accountability; judicial remedies; targeted public policy; and sustained socio-economic development, as we continue our journey towards ensuring equality, dignity and opportunity for all Indians,” the official statement noted.

With ANI inputs

Published – August 26, 2026 03:26 pm IST

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India rejects ‘politically motivated, highly malicious references’ in remarks by UNCERD

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:57:00 +0000

Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. File
| Photo Credit: PTI

The Government of India had sent Solicitor General Tushar Mehta as the Head of the Indian Delegation for the review.

“India rejects any politically motivated highly malicious references in the report with all the contempt that it deserves,” the Ministry added.

India’s 12th and 21st combined periodic reports submitted to CERD

With ANI inputs

Published – August 26, 2026 03:26 pm IST

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Manipur | India rejects ‘unwarranted and misleading’ comments of U.N. experts

admin — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 03:18:14 +0000

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India has strongly rejected comments by U.N. experts on Manipur, terming them “unwarranted, presumptive and misleading” and asserting that the situation in the Northeast State is peaceful.

In the note verbale issued on Monday to the Special Procedures Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Indian mission underscored that the situation in Manipur was peaceful and stable and the Indian government was committed to taking requisite steps to maintain peace and stability.

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“The Government is also committed to protecting the human rights of the people of India, including the people of Manipur,” it said.

“The Permanent Mission of India completely rejects the news release as it is not only unwarranted, presumptive and misleading but also betrays a complete lack of understanding on the situation in Manipur and the steps taken by Government of India to address it,” said the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva.

India’s response came after a group of U.N. experts raised alarm about reports of “serious human rights violations and abuses” in Manipur, including alleged acts of sexual violence, extrajudicial killings, home destruction, forced displacement, torture and ill-treatment.

Rejecting the news release by the Special Procedure Mandate Holders (SPMH) titled ‘India: U.N. experts alarmed by continuing abuses in Manipur’, the Permanent Mission of India expressed disappointment and surprise that the SPMHs chose to issue the press release without waiting for the 60 days period for the Indian government to respond to a joint communication issued on the same topic on August 29, 2023.

The Indian mission expressed hope that in the future, the SPMH would be “more objective” in their assessment, based on the facts.

It hoped that the SPMH would “refrain from commenting on the developments, which have no relevance to the mandate given to them by the Council and abide by the established procedure for issuing news releases and wait for inputs sought from the Government of India before doing so.”

The Indian mission reiterated that India is a democratic country, with an abiding commitment to the rule of law and to promoting and protecting the human rights of our people. “Indian law enforcement authorities and security forces are committed to dealing with law-and-order situations strictly in accordance with the principles of legal certainty, necessity, proportionality and non-discrimination,” it said.

In their news release, the U.N. experts had said they were “appalled” by the reports and images of gender-based violence targeting hundreds of women and girls of all ages, and predominantly of the Kuki ethnic minority.

“The alleged violence includes gang rape, parading women naked in the street, severe beatings causing death, and burning them alive or dead,” the experts said.

The experts also pointed to an “inadequate humanitarian response” in the wake of the grave humanitarian situation in Manipur following the latest round of community conflict between the predominantly Hindu Meitei and the predominantly Christian Kuki ethnic communities that erupted in May 2023.

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