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Universal Periodic Review observed that the AFSPA laws confer ‘impunity that often leads to Marital Rape the violation of human rights.’47 However, since the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality The Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’) which is the primary of AFSPA, the NHRC maintains that it is up to the criminal legislation in India criminalises non- government to repeal the law and that it has not c. [...] The victim’s to the upper caste Thakur community) arranged family claims that the police did not register their a rally seeking justice for the accused.97 During complaint immediately and instead discouraged the initial days of the investigation, the police and questioned them, even telling them to take authorities and the State government, actively the victim away. [...] The Assam Rifles member of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation, challenged the constitution of the Commission of and of conspiring to bring together Dalit and Inquiry claiming that the state government had no Muslim forces to take on the Central ‘fascist jurisdiction to investigate their actions in light of government’; he was ultimately charged under the the immunity provided in Section 6 of the. [...] “Mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; the Special Rapporteur on the directions pertaining to mob lynching right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard including preventive, remedial and punitive of physical and mental health and the Special Rapporteur on minority measures.115 However, mob lynching has issues.” 11 June 2021 https://. [...] Given that the binding on the government.117 When applied appointments to the NHRIs are largely political to all NHRIs, this interpretation of the law as and they are increasingly disconnected from civil enunciated by the High Court has the potential society, they lack functional independence and to strengthen the institutions as governments the will to hold the State accountable.