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Communalism Combat–India: Where Mass Murderers go Unpunished
December 18, 2003 | Comments Off on Communalism Combat–India: Where Mass Murderers go Unpunished
The cover feature of the latest issue of Communalism Combat, a monthly magazine published for ten years, is “India: Where Mass Murderers Go Unpunished.” Written by Teesta Setalvad, who is leading the campaign for justice in Gujarat, the article focuses on three regions of state impunity: Gujarat, Punjab and Kashmir. She outlines the different problems of state accountability:
The irony of the fact is that India, hailed for being the world’s largest democracy, has both seriously faltered on the issue of impunity for mass crimes while adopting a close door policy on human rights discourse and international scrutiny in these areas. Like the USA, the world’s most developed democracy; India refuses to ratify the … International Criminal Court (ICC). Though India has signed the International Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on October 14, 1997, it has failed to ratify it.
Drawing from a background paper written by Ram Narayan Kumar, the article discusses how India has responded to UN attempts to intervene in Punjab’s human rights catastrophes, as well as the struggle for justice.
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