Police Abuse and Killings of Street Children in IndiaHuman Rights Watch, 1996 - 189 pagini At least eighteen million children live or work on the streets of India, laboring as porters in railway stations or bus terminals, as ragpickers, and as vendors of food, tea, or handmade articles. These street children are routinely subjected to arbitrary and illegal detention, torture, and extortion, and on occassion, murder at the hands of police who engage in these violations of international and Indian law with impunity. |
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... received January 1. 1996 . 35 All names of children in this report have been changed to protect their identities . except for the deceased children whose cases are presented in Chapter VII . Many children . due to custom . do not have a ...
... received January 1. 1996 . 35 All names of children in this report have been changed to protect their identities . except for the deceased children whose cases are presented in Chapter VII . Many children . due to custom . do not have a ...
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... received from a person accused in any offense , in the custody of a police officer , so much of such information , whether it amounts to a confession or not . as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered , may be proved . " This ...
... received from a person accused in any offense , in the custody of a police officer , so much of such information , whether it amounts to a confession or not . as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered , may be proved . " This ...
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... received in police custody and in the observation home . Police also torture possible witnesses , accomplices , or people who were near a crime scene into revealing the identity and location of the perpetrator . Although it is illegal ...
... received in police custody and in the observation home . Police also torture possible witnesses , accomplices , or people who were near a crime scene into revealing the identity and location of the perpetrator . Although it is illegal ...
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... received from the NGO . After the questioning , Manik was untied and in the morning he was released . He immediately contacted the social worker who went to the police'station and was informed that Manik had been called in for a routine ...
... received from the NGO . After the questioning , Manik was untied and in the morning he was released . He immediately contacted the social worker who went to the police'station and was informed that Manik had been called in for a routine ...
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... receiving stolen property will pay , provided that all the violence that the police are capable of is brought to bear on the matter . And that is why theft charges turn up so frequently in the list of custodial killings . We emphasize ...
... receiving stolen property will pay , provided that all the violence that the police are capable of is brought to bear on the matter . And that is why theft charges turn up so frequently in the list of custodial killings . We emphasize ...
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Pagina 165 - Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention which is not settled by negotiation shall, at the request of one of them, be submitted to arbitration. If within six months from the date of the request for arbitration the parties are unable to agree on the organization of the' arbitration, any one of those parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by request in conformity with the Statute of the Court.
Pagina 165 - A State Party may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation becomes effective one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.
Pagina 172 - Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought and expression. This right shall include freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing, in print, in the form of art, or through any other medium of his choice.
Pagina 156 - ... submit the case to its competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution. 2. These authorities shall take their decision in the same manner as in the case of any ordinary offence of a serious nature under the law of that State.
Pagina 165 - Parties favours such a conference, the Secretary-General shall convene the conference under the auspices of the United Nations.
Pagina 167 - WHEREAS the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom...
Pagina 172 - The exercise of the rights provided for in paragraph 2 of this article carries with it special duties and responsibilities. It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary: a For respect of the rights or reputations of others; b For the protection of national security or of public order (ordre public), or of public health or morals.
Pagina 168 - Whereas the need for such special safeguards has been stated in the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child of 1924, and...
Pagina 163 - Such declarations shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall transmit copies thereof to the parties to the Statute and to the Registrar of the Court.
Pagina 167 - Whereas the United Nations has, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind...