NEW DELHI, India
The UN human rights chief’s office has filed an application with India’s Supreme Court over the controversial citizenship amendment law, in a move criticized by the Indian government.
“The High Commissioner seeks to intervene as amicus curiae [third party] in this case, by virtue of her mandate to inter alia protect and promote all human rights and to conduct necessary advocacy in that regard, established pursuant to the United Nations General Assembly resolution 48/141. The,” the application said.
The citizenship amendment act passed by the Indian parliament in December last year has sparked protests and riots in