Delegates from 21 NGOs will also be present,
people like Lenin Raghuvanshi, director of the People's Vigilance
Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).
Raghuvanshi spoke at one of the conferences held on the sidelines
of the forum on 'Advancing Substantive Democracy in Asia: The Roles of
Civil Society and Democratic Governance,' which was held on Monday and
Tuesday.
For him, "castes, patriarchy and communal thinking"
are the most urgent concerns that "hinder the advancement of democratic
principles at the global level."
Improving governance means
"starting and ending with the people." At the same time, "Great efforts
are needed to promote popular sovereignty in a violence-free Asia on the
basis of democratic values and structures."
In India and
across South Asia, the main cause of violence is a "caste mindset," a
"feudal remnant that is extremely dangerous for effective and global
democratic governance" because it works "against international peace and
security, economic development and effective enjoyment of human
rights."
At the Bali democracy Forum, Raghuvanshi and
representatives of other civil society groups will present a joint
statement, based on nine points.
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