CDS 2024 · PYQ · Human Rights / International Law · medium
Consider the following statements :
1. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) provides that everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
2. Although India agrees in principle with the ethos of ICCPR, it has not yet ratified it fully.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A.1 only✓ Correct
B.2 only
C.Both 1 and 2
D.Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Article 16 of the ICCPR explicitly states: ‘Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.' So statement 1 is correct. However, India ratified the ICCPR on 10 April 1979 (with some reservations/declarations), so statement 2 is incorrect – India has indeed ratified it. Hence only statement 1 is correct.
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