Book Chapter - Promoting Human Rights in the Indo-Pacific

Written By Shrikrishna Upadhyaya

Introduction

India can be a partner to governments and organisations seeking to promote human rights in the Indo-Pacific region. Unlike most other powers in this region, the Indian republic has the values, instruments and capacity for the task. In the past, New Delhi has acted forcefully to prevent genocide and atrocities against civilians. It has also overlooked glaring human rights abuses in its neighbourhood. In a brief attempt to understand why, and to estimate what positions India might take in the future, this essay explores the motivations, instruments, driving forces and constraints towards human rights promotion across its shores.

Book Chapter: Promoting human rights in the Indo-Pacific: Prospects, drivers and constraints
by Nitin Pai and Sushant K Singh

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Shifting Power and Human Rights Diplomacy: India
Amnesty International Netherlands

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Nitin Pai
Nitin Pai

Nitin Pai is co-founder and director of the Takshashila Institution, an independent centre for research and education in public policy. His current research includes the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific; defence economics and the politics of radically networked societies.

Sushant K Singh
Sushant K Singh

Sushant K Singh was a Fellow for Defence Policy at Takshashila. He is currently a Senior Fellow at Centre for Policy Research (CPR). He was a lecturer in political science at Yale University (Fall 2019, 2021) and the Deputy Editor of The Indian Express, reporting on strategic affairs, national security and international affairs. He won the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Prize for Excellence in Journalism for 2017 and 2018. Prior to becoming a journalist, he served in the Indian Army for two decades.

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