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Chennai: India said it is time to assess the achievements and failures of the Human Rights Council and deliberate on the ways to strengthen and reform the UN organ so as to help it achieve its objectives. “Our Constitution has enshrined basic human rights as fundamental rights. India's approach to the Human Rights Council is guided by “our spirit of engagement dialogue and consultation. We believe that promotion and protection of human rights is best pursued through dialogue consultation and cooperation and provision of technical assistance and capacity building. The imperative of achieving sustainable development for realisation of basic human rights cannot be over emphasised he said..