Citizens for Justice and Peace
Compounding Injustice: The Government’s Failure to Redress Massacres in Gujarat, Human Rights Watch, 2003
01-Jul-2003
HRW 2003, ‘Compounding Justice’
2003: Human Rights Watch “Compounding Injustice”
30-Jun-2003
https://www.hrw.org/report/2003/06/30/compounding-injustice/governments-failure-redress-massacres-gujarat
2003: Annual Report on International Religious Freedoms
01-Jan-2003
The Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, 2003 released by the Government of the United States of America made the following remarks with regards to the imposition of Hindutava ideology in India and its subsequent dangerous trends: The report stated that “there was a gradual but continual institutionalisation of Hindutva. This manifests itself through the…
Ineffective Relief and Rehabilitation (Official and Independent Studies)
12-Mar-2002
The Government of Gujarat’s partisan approach towards the victims of the communal violence was reflected in the declaration of two distinct and discriminatory compensation packages for the families of victims who had died in the Godhra fire and those who had been massacred thereafter. Under the Gujarat government’s original plan, the families of victims of…
Violation of the Principles of International Law
01-Mar-2002
The communal riots in Gujarat in 2002 were in gross violation of the Principles of International Law. Moreover, the atrocities committed were in contravention of a number of International Conventions, few of which have been appended below. It is no secret that the communal carnage in 2002 has caused India a great amount of embarrassment…
Violation of the Indian Penal Code
01-Mar-2002
In addition to a breach of Constitutional provisions, the atrocities committed by the accused as enumerated above are punishable under a number of sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1960 as given below: Sr. No. Applicable section of the IPC Offence Committed 1. S. 120 B read with S. 302 Conspiracy and abetment to commit…