2024 · Q73
Consider the following statements:
- 1The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) provides that everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
- 2Although 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?
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- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: Article 16 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides that everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. Statement 2 is incorrect: India signed and ratified the ICCPR in 1979, so it is not true that India has "not yet ratified it". Only statement 1 is correct, so the answer is (A).