Under the FIRST OPTIONAL PROTOCOL to ICCPR, INDIVIDUALS may submit communications alleging violations of their Covenant rights to the HRC. India is:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. The First Optional Protocol to ICCPR was adopted on 16 December 1966 and entered into force on 23 March 1976.
2. It enables individuals to submit communications to the Human Rights Committee alleging violations of their Covenant rights by States Parties.
3. India is a Party to the ICCPR but NOT to the First Optional Protocol.
4. Therefore, individual communications against India cannot be heard by the HRC.
5. The Second Optional Protocol (1989) abolishes the death penalty — India is also NOT a Party.
6. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: UDHR 1948 / ICCPR 1966 / ICESCR 1966 / CAT 1984 / CEDAW 1979 / CRC 1989 / PHRA 1993 / Constitution Part III — First Optional Protocol to ICCPR 1966; India's treaty status_
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