Stories
India's South-South Cooperation Highlighted at UN Human Rights Council
N
News18•07-10-2026, 19:00
India's South-South Cooperation Highlighted at UN Human Rights Council
- •India's approach to South-South cooperation and human rights capacity-building was spotlighted during the 63rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
- •Hansraj Singh of Sambhali Trust addressed the Council, emphasizing practical knowledge-sharing, institutional cooperation, and India's International Cooperation and Training Programme.
- •Singh highlighted a September 2025 training program that brought together 43 senior officials from 12 national human rights institutions.
- •The intervention stressed that capacity-building must address local realities, reach communities at the last mile, and deliver lasting, practical impacts beyond external support.
Key Questions Answered
Hansraj Singh highlighted India's International Cooperation and Training Programme (ITEC), pointing to a September 2025 programme organized by the National Human Rights Commission of India and the Ministry of External Affairs that trained 43 senior officials from 12 national institutions.
Hansraj Singh addressed the Council representing the Sambhali Trust, drawing on the organization's grassroots experience in Rajasthan to emphasize community-level capacity-building.
Singh stressed that the success of capacity-building programmes should be evaluated by their practical and lasting impact, ensuring that knowledge remains and enables institutions to function independently after external support ends.
