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INDIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
India. General Logistics and Planning Map.
Source:
United Nations. Joint Logistics Centre.
Date of Document:
31 July 2007
Accessed Date:
24 May 2017
Title:
Districts Map of Punjab
Source:
Punjab. Punjab Police.
Accessed Date:
30 May 2013
Title:
Union indienne. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
2 December 2017
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
Inde. Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
3 October 2012
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: India
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
10 December 2020
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
17 January 2020
Title:
India. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
15 June 2021
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
April 2021
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Socio-economic profile of Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Mumbai, including population, demographics and economy; tenant registration requirements (2016-April 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 May 2018
Accessed Date:
26 July 2018
Title:
India: Status of political parties in different states (as of March, 2020)
Date of Document:
7 June 2021
Accessed Date:
30 June 2021
Title:
Country Background Note. India. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
Kashmir: Background, Recent Developments, and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
13 January 2020
Author:
K. Alan Kronstadt
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — India
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. India. Medical and healthcare provision. Version. 1.0
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2020
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India. Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India. World Report 2021: Events of 2020.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: India
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/27/IND/1
Date of Document:
23 February 2017
Accessed Date:
24 May 2017
Title:
India. The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia.
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
11 October 2017
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
India. Freedom in the World 2021.
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Indian Kashmir. Freedom in the World 2021.
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, on her mission to India
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
10 January 2017
Accessed Date:
24 May 2017
Title:
Update of the Situation of Human Rights in Indian-Administered Kashmir and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir from May 2018 to April 2019
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
8 July 2019
Accessed Date:
17 January 2020
Title:
Surviving Stigma: Housing and Land Rights of Farm Widows of Vidarbha, Maharashtra
Source:
Prakriti ReSource: Centre for Women and Development; Housing and Land Rights Network
Date of Document:
15 October 2017
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
Compilation on India
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/27/IND/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
22 February 2017
Accessed Date:
24 May 2017
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on India
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/27/IND/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
27 February 2017
Accessed Date:
24 May 2017
Title:
Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee Review of India
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
15 May 2019
Accessed Date:
17 January 2020
Title:
India: Abuses Persist in Jammu and Kashmir
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 August 2020
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
United Nations Documents Related to Housing and Land Rights in India
Source:
Housing and Land Rights Network
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
The Citizenship Act, 1955 (Act 57 of 1955, dt. 30-12-1955) [As amended by Citizenship (Amdt.) Act, 2019 (47 of 2019), dt. 12-12-2019]
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
Citizenship Rules, 2009
Accessed Date:
30 May 2013
Title:
The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016
Accessed Date:
24 May 2017
Title:
Changes to India's Citizenship Laws. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
18 December 2019
Author:
K. Alan Kronstadt
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
Availability and prevalence of fraudulent identity documents, including membership cards of political parties (2011-April 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 May 2014
Accessed Date:
29 May 2014
Title:
Procedure to obtain an affidavit within India, including whether it needs to be certified by a notary (2012-April 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 May 2015
Accessed Date:
18 March 2016
Title:
Issuance procedures for passports, both within the country and abroad
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 May 2014
Accessed Date:
29 May 2014
Title:
India and Pakistan: Residency rights for a married couple, where the spouses are a male Indian national and a female Pakistani national, in either India or Pakistan; whether a minor of Indian nationality can acquire Pakistani citizenship by ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 January 2020
Accessed Date:
31 January 2020
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: India
Code:
RSCAS/GLOBALCIT-CR 2017/12
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Author:
Ashna Ashesh; Arun Thiruvengadam
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
Status of the National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) and the Multi-purpose National Identity Cards (MNICs)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 May 2014
Accessed Date:
29 May 2014
Title:
Identity documents required to obtain employment and housing in Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh; whether individuals must present themselves at police stations to obtain identity documents; issuance procedures for ration cards, birth certificates...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 April 2011
Accessed Date:
15 October 2012
Title:
The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
India. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Statelessness in India. Statelessness Working Paper Series No. 2017/02.
Source:
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
Passport Services Overview
Source:
India. Ministry of External Affairs. Consular, Passport and Visa Division.
Accessed Date:
16 July 2020
Title:
The Aadhaar card, including requirements and procedures to obtain; purpose and uses of the card; relationship with tenant verification and criminal tracking systems; whether authorities use Aadhaar registration to track individuals across the ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 May 2021
Accessed Date:
16 June 2021
Title:
The Delhi High Court decision of 22 September 2016, on the rights of Tibetans to citizenship and access to passports, including implementation (August 2016-April 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 May 2017
Accessed Date:
25 May 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a death certificate, particularly in the state of Punjab, including whether these certificates are accessible online (2008-April 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 May 2017
Accessed Date:
25 May 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain land records showing ownership and location of private property, including whether these records are available online in Punjab; requirements and procedures to obtain a confirmation of land title or ownership...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 April 2017
Accessed Date:
25 May 2017
Title:
Announcement of new Passport Rules
Source:
India. Ministry of External Affairs.
Date of Document:
23 December 2016
Accessed Date:
31 May 2017
Title:
AADHAAR: Frequently Asked Questions
Source:
India. Unique Identification Authority of India.
Date of Document:
15 January 2018
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
India: Identification Project Threatens Rights
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 January 2018
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to change one's name under the Tatkaal passport application scheme, including the difference between a major and a minor change of name; police verification of Tatkaal applications (2015-November 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 December 2017
Accessed Date:
29 May 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a passport from abroad, particularly for Tibetans born in India between 1950 and 1987; requirements for a Tibetan to return to India from abroad (2017-May 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 June 2019
Accessed Date:
24 January 2020
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Indian States' Elections
Date of Document:
25 April 2020
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Information on the party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), its structure, including selection of representatives and leaders; appearance, and content of membership cards, and process to obtain one (2012-May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 May 2016
Accessed Date:
25 May 2017
Title:
Incidents of violence instigated by members of the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab and Haryana, including in Darar (2013-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 February 2015
Accessed Date:
28 May 2015
Title:
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) (SAD(A)) [Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann); SAD(M); SAD(Amritsar); Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) (Simranjit Singh Mann)], including origin, structure, leadership, objectives, and activities; requirements and procedures ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 June 2020
Accessed Date:
24 June 2020
Title:
Whether the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) party issues membership cards; a detailed description of the cards
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 October 2009
Accessed Date:
4 December 2012
Title:
4 - List of Successful Candidates. General Elections, 2019.
Source:
Election Commission of India
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Information on the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI(Marxist) or CPI(M)) in West Bengal, including party structure, objectives and political affiliations; whether the party engages in extortion; capacity to track an extorted person who relocate...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 February 2016
Accessed Date:
26 May 2016
Title:
Political Parties in India
Date of Document:
24 January 2020
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Treatment of political activists and members of opposition parties in Punjab; treatment of perceived supporters of Sikh militancy by authorities (2017-April 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 June 2018
Accessed Date:
26 July 2018
Title:
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) political party, including differences between the SAD (Badal) led by Parkash Singh Badal and the SAD (Amritsar) led by Simranjit Singh Mann; relations with authorities (2016-April 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 June 2018
Accessed Date:
26 July 2018
Title:
India's 2019 National Election and Implications for U.S. Interests
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
28 June 2019
Author:
K. Alan Kronstadt
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
Republic of India. Election for Lok Sabha (Indian People's Assembly) of 11 April 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
17 January 2020
Title:
The Shiv Sena [Shivsena, SHS, SS] political party, including their activities and presence; treatment of Sikhs by Shiv Sena members; whether Shiv Sena is involved in criminal activity, including drug trafficking (2019-June 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 June 2021
Accessed Date:
28 June 2021
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
Accessed Date:
16 July 2020
Title:
Domestic violence against women; legislation, state protection and services available; whether victims have recourse to the law; support services available to victims of domestic violence (2017-June 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 June 2020
Accessed Date:
9 July 2020
Title:
Tackling Violence Against Women: A Study of State Intervention Measures (A comparative study of impact of new laws, crime rate and reporting rate, Change in awareness level)
Source:
Bharatiya Stree Shakti
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
“Everyone Blames Me”: Barriers to Justice and Support Services for Sexual Assault Survivors in India
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 November 2017
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
Helping Victims become Survivors: A Resource Directory of Support Structures and Services in Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana
Source:
WomenPowerConnect
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
India. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
23 May 2019
Title:
Ending Impunity for Child Marriage in India: Normative and Implementation Gaps
Source:
Center for Reproductive Rights; Centre for Law and Policy Research
Date of Document:
23 February 2018
Author:
Payal Shah et al.
Editor:
Emma Stoskopf-Ehrlich
Accessed Date:
23 May 2019
Title:
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018
Accessed Date:
17 January 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. India: Women fearing gender-based violence. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
22 May 2019
Title:
Honour-based violence, including prevalence in rural and urban areas; legislation; state protection and support services available (2016-May 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 June 2020
Accessed Date:
24 June 2020
Title:
Situation of single women and of women who head their own households without male support, including access to employment, housing and support services, particularly in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Bengaluru; women's housing, land, property ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 May 2019
Accessed Date:
29 May 2019
Title:
Invisible Victims of Sexual Violence: Access to Justice for Women and Girls with Disabilities in India
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 April 2018
Author:
Nidhi Goyal; Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee
Editor:
Shantha Rau Barriga; Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
23 May 2019
Title:
“No #MeToo for Women Like Us”
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 October 2020
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Violence against women, including homelessness, workplace violence and acid attacks; legislation, state protection, support services, and recourse available, particularly in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru [Bangalore] (2017–August 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 October 2020
Accessed Date:
28 June 2021
Title:
Treatment of sexual and gender minorities, including legislation, state protection, and support services, particularly in Mumbai, Kolkata, and Delhi (2017-May 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 May 2019
Accessed Date:
29 May 2019
Title:
Decriminalising the Right to Love: Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
23 May 2019
Title:
“Unnatural Offences”: Obstacles to Justice in India Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
24 May 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. India: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2021
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Same-Sex Relations No Longer a Crime in India: Supreme Court Ruling a Momentous Victory for LGBT People
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
7 September 2018
Author:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
23 May 2019
Title:
Living with Dignity: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity-Based Human Rights Violations in Housing, Work, and Public Spaces in India
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
India's Transgender Rights Law Isn't Worth Celebrating
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 December 2019
Accessed Date:
16 July 2020
Title:
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
Accessed Date:
16 July 2020
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
India. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: Chennai.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
25 March 2020
Accessed Date:
4 June 2020
Title:
India. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
16 July 2020
Title:
India. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: Kolkata.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
3 April 2020
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
India. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: New Delhi.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
3 April 2020
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
India. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: Mumbai.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
25 March 2020
Accessed Date:
4 June 2020
Title:
India. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: Hyderabad
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
25 March 2020
Accessed Date:
4 June 2020
Title:
Safety Trends and Reporting of Crime
Date of Document:
20 April 2017
Author:
Avanti Durani et al.
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
India (non-Kashmir) & Kashmir. CrisisWatch 2021.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Subordinate Courts of India: A Report on Access to Justice 2016
Source:
India. Supreme Court of India.
Accessed Date:
24 May 2017
Title:
Summonses, arrest warrants, and related police documents, including appearance, security features, issuance procedures, and samples (2017-June 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 June 2020
Accessed Date:
8 July 2020
Title:
First Information Reports (FIRs), including procedures and time frames followed by police to inform complainants that an investigation will not be conducted (2015-May 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 May 2017
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
Role of a sarpanch, including the method by which the position is filled; the kind of authority a sarpanch has in relation to the law, including their relationship with the police; whether a sarpanch can issue documents, including the types ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 May 2021
Accessed Date:
24 June 2021
Title:
Admission policies and procedures at private and public medical institutions, including whether individuals seeking medical treatment are required to submit a police report or First Information Report that explains how the injuries were sustained...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 March 2011
Accessed Date:
15 October 2012
Title:
Justice Under Trial: A Study of Pre-Trial Detention in India
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
14 May 2018
Title:
Independence of and corruption within the judicial system, including the scale of corruption at different levels (2015-May 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 May 2017
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
Transparency of Information about Arrests and Detentions. Implementation of Section 41C of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: A Scoping Study of Compliance across 23 States and the UT of Delhi.
Source:
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Date of Document:
22 June 2016
Editor:
Maja Daruwala; Venkatesh Nayak
Accessed Date:
24 May 2017
Title:
Extrajudicial detention, including instances of torture by authorities; state response and recourse available to victims; documents issued to persons detained or interrogated by police (2016-April 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 May 2018
Accessed Date:
26 July 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. India: Prison conditions. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
17 January 2020
Title:
First Information Reports (FIRs), including requirements and procedures to file an FIR; whether a complainant can obtain a copy; appearance and security features; whether FIRs are centralized and included in police databases, including the Crime ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 June 2021
Accessed Date:
28 June 2021
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
“Bound by Brotherhood”: India's Failure to End Killings in Police Custody
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 December 2016
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
25 May 2017
Title:
Communication between police offices across the country, including the use of POLNET; whether police across India can locate an individual, particularly as a result of registration requirements for employment, housing and education, security checks...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 May 2016
Accessed Date:
27 May 2016
Title:
Police Organisation in India
Source:
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Date of Document:
25 December 2015
Accessed Date:
24 May 2017
Title:
Data on Police Organizations (As on January 1, 2020)
Source:
India. Ministry of Home Affairs. Bureau of Police Research and Development.
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Police Complaints Authorities in India: A Rapid Study
Source:
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Date of Document:
December 2012
Accessed Date:
30 May 2013
Title:
Surveillance by state authorities; communication between police offices across the country, including use of the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS); categories of persons that may be included in police databases...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 June 2018
Accessed Date:
30 July 2018
Title:
Muslim Voices: Perceptions of Policing in India
Source:
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative; Quill Foundation
Date of Document:
25 January 2019
Author:
Devika Prasad et al.
Editor:
Sanjoy Hazarika et al.
Accessed Date:
24 May 2019
Title:
The State of Encounter Killings in India: Target, Detain, Torture, Execute
Source:
Asian Centre for Human Rights
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
24 May 2019
Title:
Police Reforms in India
Source:
PRS Legislative Research
Date of Document:
June 2017
Author:
Anviti Chaturvedi
Accessed Date:
24 May 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. India: Actors of Protection. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
24 May 2019
Title:
Status of Policing in India Report 2019: Police Adequacy and Working Conditions
Source:
Common Cause; Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Complaint mechanisms and legal recourse available in instances of police violence in Punjab; efficiency of these mechanisms and of legal recourse; whether lawyers who refuse to take on a case against the police would communicate their decision ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 December 2019
Accessed Date:
8 January 2020
Title:
Police databases and criminal tracking, particularly the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS); relationship with the Aadhaar and tenant verification systems; capacity to track persons through these systems (2019–May 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 May 2021
Accessed Date:
16 June 2021
Title:
India Justice Report 2020: Ranking States on Police, Judiciary, Prisons and Legal Aid
Date of Document:
January 2021
Author:
Radhika Jha et al.
Editor:
Maja Daruwala et al.
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Dissent Is ‘Anti-National' in Modi's India
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 December 2019
Author:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
4 June 2020
Title:
India. Freedom on the Net 2020.
Editor:
Tyler Roylance et al.
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Dangerous pursuit: In India, journalists who cover corruption may pay with their lives
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Date of Document:
29 August 2016
Author:
Sumit Galhotra; Raksha Kumar
Accessed Date:
25 May 2017
Title:
India: Journalists Covering Farmer Protests Charged
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
2 February 2021
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India. International Religious Freedom Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
India. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2020 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Treatment of Christians who have converted from Hinduism; whether there are instances of forced conversion from Christianity to Hinduism; information on state protection for those who are mistreated for being Christian or converting to Christianity
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 February 2012
Accessed Date:
28 February 2013
Title:
Treatment of Sikhs in Punjab (2013-April 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 May 2015
Accessed Date:
28 May 2015
Title:
Situation of inter-religious and inter-caste couples, including treatment by society and authorities; situation of children from such marriages (2017-May 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 May 2019
Accessed Date:
30 May 2019
Title:
Treatment of Dera Sacha Sauda practitioners by political parties, society and government authorities (2009-April 2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 May 2012
Accessed Date:
28 February 2013
Title:
Violent Cow Protection in India: Vigilante Groups Attack Minorities
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 February 2019
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
24 May 2019
Title:
Situation of Sikhs outside the state of Punjab, including treatment by authorities and society; ability of Sikhs to relocate within India; treatment of Khalistan supporters or perceived supporters outside of Punjab (2017-October 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 December 2019
Accessed Date:
24 January 2020
Title:
Constitutional and Legal Challenges Faced by Religious Minorities in India
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
8 February 2017
Author:
Iqtidar Karamat Cheema
Accessed Date:
25 May 2017
Title:
A Narrowing Space: Violence and discrimination against India's religious minorities
Source:
Minority Rights Group International; Center for Study of Society and Secularism
Date of Document:
29 June 2017
Accessed Date:
15 May 2018
Title:
State Anti-conversion Laws in India
Source:
United States. The Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Research Center.
Date of Document:
October 2018
Accessed Date:
24 May 2019
Title:
Trends in Religion-Based Hate Speech
Source:
Digital Empowerment Foundation
Editor:
Zothan Mawii; Gulshan Banas
Accessed Date:
15 May 2018
Title:
Inde. La sacralisation de la vache : conséquences politiques et sociétales.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 May 2017
Accessed Date:
28 May 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. India: Religious minorities. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2018
Accessed Date:
22 May 2019
Title:
Situation and treatment of Muslims, including in Hyderabad; availability of state protection; ability of Muslims to relocate and access housing, employment, education and healthcare, including in Hyderabad (2017-June 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 June 2020
Accessed Date:
9 July 2020
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Residency rights of Tibetan refugees, including the requirements and procedures for Tibetan refugees to obtain a Registration Certificate; rights to employment, education, health care, and other social services; consequences for Tibetans without...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 January 2015
Accessed Date:
28 May 2015
Title:
India: Dalit Rights Activists Detained: End Politically Motivated Use of Counterterrorism Law
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 June 2018
Accessed Date:
24 May 2019
Title:
India. The Indigenous World 2020.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2020
Author:
Tejang Chakma; Dr. Martemjen
Accessed Date:
16 July 2020
Title:
Treatment of Dalits by society and authorities; availability of state protection (2016-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 January 2020
Accessed Date:
24 January 2020
Title:
Ability of Indian Tamils to relocate outside of Tamil Nadu to areas such as Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai or Chandigarh; treatment by society and access to housing, employment and social services (2012 - May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 May 2016
Accessed Date:
25 May 2017
Title:
Chapter 2: Nature and extent of caste based atrocities. Chapter 3: Response of enforcement authorities: Police. Chapter 4: Response of the Judiciary. Equity Watch 2015: Access to Justice for Dalits in India.
Source:
Swadhikar - National Dalit Movement for Justice
Author:
Nalori Dhammei Chakma
Accessed Date:
17 May 2016
Title:
Behind India's citizenship clash, fear and uncertainty for two million in limbo
Source:
The New Humanitarian
Date of Document:
4 February 2020
Author:
Adnan Bhat; Ahmer Khan
Accessed Date:
4 June 2020
Title:
Application of the caste system outside of Hinduism; treatment of lower castes by society and the authorities; availability of state protection for lower castes; ability of lower castes to relocate and access housing, employment, education ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 June 2020
Accessed Date:
8 July 2020
Title:
“Shoot the Traitors” Discrimination Against Muslims under India's New Citizenship Policy
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 April 2020
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
4 June 2020
Title:
India. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India: Government Policies, Actions Target Minorities
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 February 2021
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Chine/Inde: séjour des réfugié-e-s tibétain-e-s en Inde et retour en Inde
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
8 December 2015
Author:
Anne-Kathrin Glatz
Accessed Date:
17 May 2016
Title:
Treatment by authorities of Indian citizens who are deported back to India, who return without a valid passport and/or who are suspected of having requested refugee status while abroad (2013 - May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 May 2016
Accessed Date:
27 May 2016
Title:
China, India, Nepal: Situation and treatment of Tibetans in China; treatment of returnees to China, including returnees from India and Nepal (2017–October 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 October 2020
Accessed Date:
21 October 2020
Title:
Inde. Le régime juridique des Tibétains.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 January 2020
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Ability of Tibetan refugees to exit and re-enter India, including the requirements and procedures for Tibetan refugees to obtain and renew an Identity Certificate (IC) and a 'No Objection to Return to India' stamp; whether the IC can be renewed...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 December 2014
Accessed Date:
28 May 2015
Title:
Pushed Aside: Displaced for 'Development' in India
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
July 2016
Author:
Nadine Walicki; Marita Swain
Accessed Date:
25 May 2017
Title:
Reports of police and government authorities seizing passports of political dissidents or suspected terrorists to prevent their departure from India (2010- May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 May 2016
Accessed Date:
27 May 2016
Title:
Requirements and procedures for tenant registration (or tenant verification), including implementation, particularly in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru (2016-May 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 May 2019
Accessed Date:
29 May 2019
Title:
Exit controls and security measures for Indian citizens leaving the country, including use of computerized identity verification; information sharing between police, security and airport officials, including access to the Crime and Criminal ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 March 2021
Accessed Date:
24 June 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. India: Internal Relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
24 May 2019
Title:
Deprivation by Design: An Assessment of the Long-term Impacts of Forced Relocation from Porur Lake, Chennai
Source:
Information and Resource Centre for the Deprived Urban Communities; Housing and Land Rights Network
Date of Document:
November 2019
Author:
Vanessa Peter; Dr. A. D. Nundiyny
Accessed Date:
4 June 2020
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 16 April 2021:
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: India
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
17 October 2018
URL:
https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/country-information-report-india.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 May 2019
Title:
India. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
17 June 2020
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
Accessed Date:
24 June 2020
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
15 July 2019
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/inde/presentation-de-l-inde/
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
Ruling Parties in different States of India
Date of Document:
21 May 2020
URL:
https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/states-political-parties.html
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
India. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/india
Accessed Date:
12 April 2021
Title:
India. Human Rights in Asia-Pacific: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 January 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ASA0113542020ENGLISH.PDF
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
India. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/india
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
India. Freedom in the World 2020.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/india/freedom-world/2020
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Indian Kashmir. Freedom in the World 2020.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/indian-kashmir/freedom-world/2020
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
India. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/India.html
Accessed Date:
3 June 2020
Title:
India. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2019/India/
Accessed Date:
16 July 2020
Title:
Data on Police Organizations (As on January 1, 2019)
Source:
India. Ministry of Home Affairs. Bureau of Police Research and Development.
URL:
http://bprd.nic.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/202001301028101694907BPRDData2019-19forweb-2.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 June 2020
Title:
India. Freedom on the Net 2019.
Editor:
Tyler Roylance et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/india/freedom-net/2019
Accessed Date:
29 January 2020
Title:
India: Restore Kashmir's Internet, Phones
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 August 2019
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/08/28/india-restore-kashmirs-internet-phones
Accessed Date:
17 January 2020
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain the Aadhaar number; use of the Aadhaar, including in accessing housing, employment and private and public services; whether authorities use Aadhaar registration to track individuals across the country...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 May 2018
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457484
Accessed Date:
30 May 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. India: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2018
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/745075/India_-_SOGIE_-_CPIN_-_v3.0__October_2018_.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 May 2019
Title:
Kashmir. CrisisWatch 2021.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
January 2021
URL:
https://d2071andvip0wj.cloudfront.net/crisiswatch/CrisisWatch%202021%20January%20Asia_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
30 June 2021
Title:
Role and importance of a sarpanch; information on how this position is filled and what kind of authority a sarpanch has in relation to the law, including his or her relationship with police; information on how easily a sarpanch can be contacted from ....
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 April 2008
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=451857
Accessed Date:
12 October 2012
Title:
Police databases and criminal tracking, including relationship with the Aadhaar systems and tenant verification; capacity to track persons through these systems (2019-June 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 June 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458118
Accessed Date:
24 June 2020
Title:
India, Nepal, and China: Return of Tibetans from India and Nepal to China, including treatment of Tibetan returnees by Chinese authorities; return of Tibetans from China to Nepal and India (2013-April 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 May 2015
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455880&pls=1
Accessed Date:
28 May 2015
Title:
Information on airport security screening procedures for passengers departing on international flights (2015-May 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 April 2017
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457022
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
Exit controls and security measures for Indian citizens leaving the country, including use of computerized identity verification; information sharing between police, security and airport officials, including access to the Crime and Criminal ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 September 2018
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457591
Accessed Date:
29 May 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. India. Medical and healthcare provision. Version. 1.0
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/928000/INDIA.Medical_and_Healthcare_CPIN.v1.0.October_2020_REV.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India: Abuses Persist in Jammu and Kashmir
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 August 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/04/india-abuses-persist-jammu-and-kashmir
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
United Nations Documents Related to Housing and Land Rights in India
Source:
Housing and Land Rights Network
Date of Document:
October 2019
URL:
https://www.hlrn.org.in//documents/UN_Documents_Housing_Land_2019.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
The Aadhaar card, including requirements and procedures to obtain; purpose and uses of the card; relationship with tenant verification and criminal tracking systems; whether authorities use Aadhaar registration to track individuals across the ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 May 2021
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458350
Accessed Date:
16 June 2021
Title:
The Shiv Sena [Shivsena, SHS, SS] political party, including their activities and presence; treatment of Sikhs by Shiv Sena members; whether Shiv Sena is involved in criminal activity, including drug trafficking (2019-June 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 June 2021
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458368
Accessed Date:
28 June 2021
Title:
“No #MeToo for Women Like Us”
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 October 2020
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/10/14/no-metoo-women-us/poor-enforcement-indias-sexual-harassment-law
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Violence against women, including homelessness, workplace violence and acid attacks; legislation, state protection, support services, and recourse available, particularly in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru [Bangalore] (2017–August 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 October 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458206
Accessed Date:
28 June 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. India: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2021
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/976210/India_-_SOGIE_-_CPIN_-_V4.0_-_April_2021_ext.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India (non-Kashmir) & Kashmir. CrisisWatch 2021.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
January 2021
URL:
https://d2071andvip0wj.cloudfront.net/crisiswatch/CrisisWatch%202021%20January%20Asia_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Role of a sarpanch, including the method by which the position is filled; the kind of authority a sarpanch has in relation to the law, including their relationship with the police; whether a sarpanch can issue documents, including the types ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 May 2021
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458362
Accessed Date:
24 June 2021
Title:
First Information Reports (FIRs), including requirements and procedures to file an FIR; whether a complainant can obtain a copy; appearance and security features; whether FIRs are centralized and included in police databases, including the Crime ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 June 2021
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458366
Accessed Date:
28 June 2021
Title:
Police databases and criminal tracking, particularly the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS); relationship with the Aadhaar and tenant verification systems; capacity to track persons through these systems (2019–May 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 May 2021
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458349
Accessed Date:
16 June 2021
Title:
India Justice Report 2020: Ranking States on Police, Judiciary, Prisons and Legal Aid
Date of Document:
January 2021
Author:
Radhika Jha et al.
Editor:
Maja Daruwala et al.
URL:
https://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/download/1611832263India%20Justice%20Report%202020.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India: Journalists Covering Farmer Protests Charged
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
2 February 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/02/india-journalists-covering-farmer-protests-charged
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2020
URL:
https://minorityrights.org/country/india/
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
India: Government Policies, Actions Target Minorities
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 February 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/19/india-government-policies-actions-target-minorities
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
China, India, Nepal: Situation and treatment of Tibetans in China; treatment of returnees to China, including returnees from India and Nepal (2017–October 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 October 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458194
Accessed Date:
21 October 2020
Title:
Inde. Le régime juridique des Tibétains.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 January 2020
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2001_ind_refugies_tibetains.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 June 2021
Title:
Exit controls and security measures for Indian citizens leaving the country, including use of computerized identity verification; information sharing between police, security and airport officials, including access to the Crime and Criminal ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 March 2021
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458301
Accessed Date:
24 June 2021
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