However, some neighbouring countries like Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka came out in support of India for its human rights records.
"Switzerland recommended review of Armed Forces Act in consonance with ICCPR and stressed upon India stop trampling on the political and civil rights of the people". To which India defended itself saying that even though it was not a signatory to the global convention; the State ensures that proper procedure is followed and that no human right are violated. The Indian delegation lead by Solicitor General Mukul Rohatgi, introduced and presented India's country report, submitted by the Government of India.
The statement also said that the Pakistani representative attacked the Indian government on its atrocities in Kashmir, the continuation of AFSPA, and the use of pellet guns, among other things.
In his closing statement at the UPR, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, on Friday, said that India is "conscious of the responsibilities vested in us by the 1,250 million people and humbled by their faith in us to deliver to them basic services and a life not just of prosperity but of dignity and pride".
"India should instead reflect on the recommendations made and commit to tackling important human rights challenges", it added. The Report also covers areas that we wish to share with member countries as part of the peer review mechanism and in a spirit of cooperative engagement and collaboration that has marked our approach to the issue of human rights. HRC is an inter-governmental body which protects human rights around the world.
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Recommendations were also made regarding universal income, child marriage, ensuring an independent judicial system; meaningful participation, increasing the national health budget and implementing the second phase of the Right to Education Act.
The documents on which the reviews are based are: 1) national report - information provided by the State under review; 2) information contained in the reports of independent human rights experts and groups, known as the Special Procedures, human rights treaty bodies, and other United Nations entities; 3) information provided by other stakeholders including national human rights institutions, regional organizations and civil society groups. Its submission was well articulated and rhetorical in the way it sought to school the United Nations on India's Constitution and its principles, and India's golden bird of culture and tradition.
Calling the Indian claim of "enough safeguards against human right" in the Armed Forces Special Powers Act as "disappointing", Amnesty said that India is "ignoring the impunity that this law has enabled". Nearly complete denial on the one hand, and a proclamation of India's constitutional values on the other (many of which are actually under threat).
"Several recommendations Indonesia received in 2012 have been managed within 13 clusters in our UPR report, starting with the ratification of the International Human Rights Convention, to Indonesia's developmental policies, which also underline the development of border areas", Retno said.
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