Does CAA comply with India's human rights obligations?
Posted on AllSides March 30th, 2020
From The Left
Many international legal experts, including the United Nations special rapporteur on minorities, say India's new citizenship law is discriminatory and are calling for international intervention.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) fast-tracks nationality for non-Muslim minorities from neighbouring Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan but excludes Muslims - a step compared with US President Donald Trump's Muslim ban.