In an significant development, the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights has moved an intervention application in the Supreme Court on the Citizenship Amendment Act. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights informed India's Permanent Mission in Geneva yesterday that her Office had filed the intervention application. India has reacted to the move. 'The Citizenship Amendment Act is an internal matter of India and concerns the sovereign right of the Indian Parliament to make laws. We strongly believe that no foreign party has any locus standi on issues pertaining to India’s sovereignty,' said Raveesh Kumar, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson reacting to the move by the UNHRC.