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?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CDS-1 – 2024
Statement 2 is also correct. India ratified the ICCPR in 1979 but did so with certain reservations to specific articles, meaning it has not accepted the obligations under these specific articles without qualification. Thus, it has not “fully ratified” it in the sense of ratifying without any reservations.