They want reforms in the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, which they argue is unfairly used against higher-caste communities.
Since then, the police have invoked the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against him as well as a charge of criminal intimidation.
That system must emphasize prevention of atrocities as much as protection once they are underway, and must operate through multilateral processes carefully designed to avoid manipulation of R2P for political purposes.
President Obama has already created an Atrocities Prevention Board and has declared the prevention of atrocities to be a core national interest.
In order that scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are protected from atrocities, the Government enacted the The Prevention of Atrocities Act, which provided severe punishments for such atrocities.
In order to protect scheduled castes and tribes from discrimination, the government enacted the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, prescribing severe punishments for such actions.
We are led by a President who issued the first presidential directive elevating the prevention of mass atrocities to a core security interest, whose National Security Advisor vowed to prevent another Rwanda, and whose Ambassador to the United Nations quite literally wrote the book on American cowardice in the face of mass atrocities.
"The support of the international community is necessary for the ICC to fulfil its independent and impartial mandate to help end impunity for the perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, provide justice to the victims of such crimes and contribute to the prevention of future atrocities".
Last week, he issued an important "Presidential Directive" on the prevention of mass atrocities and genocide, mandating the creation of an "Interagency Atrocities Prevention Board" within 120 days.
Focusing mainly on United States foreign policy and partnerships with civil society leaders in-country, Mike has been an ardent advocate for the prevention of mass atrocities for over ten years.
