UN closely monitoring CAA repercussion in India
Deputy spokesman of the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that the global body is closely monitoring the potential consequences of the Citizenship Amendment Act of India. The spokesman emphasized that the United Nations has its own fundamental principles, including the rights included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Hopefully they will be retained.
According to the Citizenship Act, refugees from Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who came to India by 31 December 2014 will be given Indian citizenship due to religious persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Earlier on Monday, it was passed by the Lok Sabha.
These six communities will be given citizenship on this condition
The Act states that refugees from these six communities will be given Indian citizenship after five years of residence in India, whereas earlier it was required to stay for 11 years. “We are aware that the lower and upper houses of the Indian Parliament have passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and we have publicly expressed concerns,” Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman of the General Secretary, Guterres, said during a press conference on Thursday. Are also aware of. The United Nations is closely monitoring the possible consequences of the new Act. The Deputy Spokesperson said this in response to a question.
The United Nations said this on the CAA
Actually, he was asked whether the Secretary-General would comment on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. He said that he would like to draw attention to the fact that some human rights reports of the United Nations have already expressed concern about the nature of this law and you can see that they are from the Human Rights Office.
Asked if any further statement would be issued after completing the UN analysis of the possible consequences of this new law, Haq said, “We have to see how we need to react.” At the moment, we are engaged in the process of analyzing its characteristics.
