India calls for terror acts meeting threshold to be recognised as crimes against humanity at UN | India News

India calls for terror acts meeting threshold to be recognised as crimes against humanity at UN | India News


India calls for terror acts meeting threshold to be recognised as crimes against humanity at UN
India’s statement at the UN on terrorism and crimes against humanity

NEW DELHI: India has called for terrorist acts that meet the requisite threshold to be recognised within the framework of crimes against humanity at the United Nations.It also stressed that states must take the lead in preventing, investigating and prosecuting such crimes through their national legal and judicial systems.R Mythili, counsellor (legal adviser) at India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, made the statement at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly’s sixth committee during discussions on a proposed convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.

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