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UN rights body to move SC on CAA
Why is it in news?
- In an unprecedented and rare move, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has announced that it plans to file an application in the Supreme Court, asking to be impleaded in petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).
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- Petition: The OHCHR wants to be appointed as amicus curie (court’s friend) in the case against CAA through a petition to be filed before Supreme Court.
- Amicus curie: The amicus curiae will focus on providing an overview of relevant and applicable international human rights standards and norms to support the Court’s deliberations in the context of its review of the CAA.
- MEA statement: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the United Nations body had no right to file a petition that will ask the court to appoint the Commissioner for Human Rights as an assistant or amicus curiae in the case.
- More about OHCHR
(1) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, commonly known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) or the UN Human Rights Office, is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations.
(2) The office was established by the UN General Assembly on 20 December 1993 in the wake of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights
(3) Mandate: To promote and protect the human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.
(4) Headquarters- Geneva and New York.
Sources
The Hindu, OHCHR website