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{{short description|United Nations reports on the human rights situation in Kashmir}}
[[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] (OHCHR) released two reports on "the situation of human rights in Indian-Administered Kashmir and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir". The first report released on 14 June 2018 was the first ever issued by the [[United Nations]] on human rights in Kashmir.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23198|title=OHCHR {{!}} First-ever UN human rights report on Kashmir calls for international inquiry into multiple violations|date=14 June 2018|website=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref> The second update report was released on 8 July 2019.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IN/KashmirUpdateReport_8July2019.pdf|title=Update of the Situation of Human Rights in Indian-Administered Kashmir and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir from May 2018 to April 2019|date=8 July 2019|website=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> The first report covered June 2016 to April 2018 while the second report covered the period May 2018 to April 2019. In both cases the reactions of Pakistan and India were diametrically opposite.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/07/10/kashmir-un-reports-serious-abuses|title=Kashmir: UN Reports Serious Abuses|date=10 July 2019|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/14/india-act-un-rights-report-kashmir|title=India: Act on UN Rights Report on Kashmir|date=2018-06-14|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>

== First report ==
The "''Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir: Developments in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir from June 2016 to April 2018, and General Human Rights Concerns in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan"'' was released on 14 June 2018.<ref name=":1" /> The first report was released under [[Zeid Raad Al Hussein|Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/diplomacy/india-dismisses-second-critical-unhrc-report-kashmir|title=UN Releases Second Critical Kashmir Report, India Calls it Output of 'Prejudiced Mindset'|date=8 July 2019|website=The Wire|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> The report was compiled through information already available in the public domain as the United Nations team was not given access to the region by either India or Pakistan.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1415195|title=The UN Kashmir report is an opportunity for Pakistan to take the higher moral ground over India|last=Zakaria|first=Anam|date=2018-06-22|website=DAWN|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref>

Pakistan largely backed the report, especially the setting up of an international inquiry.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1760964/1-pakistan-un-disappointed-indian-response-kashmir-report/|title=Pakistan, UN disappointed by Indian response to Kashmir report|date=18 July 2018|work=The Express Tribune Pakistan|access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref> In official communication Pakistan denied any equivalence with what was happening on both sides of the LoC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pakistanmission-un.org/?news=pakistans-reaction-to-the-un-report-on-human-rights-violations-in-kashmir|title=Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations, Geneva {{!}} Pakistan's reaction to the UN report on Human Rights violations in Kashmir|date=14 June 2018|website=Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations and other International Organizations|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> The Indian media also denied any similarity between what was happening on either side.<ref name=":3" /> India officially rejected the report calling it a violation of its "sovereignty and territorial integrity" as well as being a "selective compilation of largely unverified information" that was published with bias and prejudice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amnesty.org.in/news-update/statement-on-un-ohchr-report/|title=Amnesty's Statement on UN OHCHR report on Human Rights situation in Kashmir|date=8 July 2019|website=Amnesty International India|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bhattacharjee|first=Kallol|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-slams-un-rights-office-report-on-jk-as-continuation-of-false-narrative/article28320189.ece|title=India slams U.N. rights office report on J&K as continuation of 'false narrative'|date=2019-07-08|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-04-27|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Nebehay|first1=Stephanie|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir-pakistan-un-idUSKBN1JA0PG|title=United Nations urges inquiry into human rights violations in Kashmir|date=14 June 2018|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-04-27|last2=Menon|first2=Malini|language=en}}</ref> India's official spokesperson also claimed that entities such as "Azad Jammu and Kashmir" and "Gilgit-Baltistan" did not exist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Spokesperson's response to a question on the Report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on "The human rights situation in Kashmir"|url=https://mea.gov.in/media-briefings.htm?dtl/29978/Official_Spokespersons_response_to_a_question_on_the_Report_by_the_Office_of_the_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights_on_The_human_rights_situation_in_K|date=14 June 2018|website=mea.gov.in|access-date=2020-05-01}}</ref>

The report noted the activities engaged in by the militants on both sides of the border; how pro-India advocates have been killed by militants on the Pakistan side, and how militants on the Indian side engage in violence and scare tactics.<ref>{{Cite book|last=House|first=Freedom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YXHKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1277&dq=UN+kashmir+report+OHCHR#q=UN%20kashmir%20report%20OHCHR|title=Freedom in the World 2019: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties|date=2020-01-25|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-5381-3457-3|pages=1277|language=en}}</ref>

== Second report ==
The "''Update of the Situation of Human Rights in Indian-Administered Kashmir and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir from May 2018 to April 2019''" was released on 8 July 2019.<ref name=":2" /> The second report was released under UN human rights head [[Michelle Bachelet]].<ref name=":0" />

The report questioned India's [[Crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir|crowd control measures in the region]], investigations into alleged [[Extrajudicial killing|extrajudicial killings]] and legal immunity for security forces. Similarities were drawn between the situation in IaK and PaK. The report mentioned that people in [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] were "deprived of a number of fundamental human rights", "members of nationalist and pro-independence political parties" as well as journalists faced political threats and harassment.<ref name=":0" /> The report did note that journalists are able to collect information more freely on the Indian side.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/929838/false-and-motivated-india-protests-uns-follow-up-report-on-kashmir|title='False and motivated': India protests UN's follow-up report on Kashmir|date=8 July 2019|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> Following the publication India called the report "a continuation of the earlier false and motivated narrative",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/false-narrative-india-slams-un-rights-office-over-its-report-on-jammu-and-kashmir/333797|title='Continuation Of False Narrative': India Slams UN Rights Office Report On Jammu And Kashmir|date=8 July 2019|website=Outlook India|others=PTI|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> and declined communication with any [[United Nations special rapporteur|United Nations special rapporteurs]] on the reports.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Haidar|first=Suhasini|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-cuts-off-un-panel-after-jammu-kashmir-report/article27190445.ece|title=India cuts off UN panel after Jammu & Kashmir report|date=2019-05-21|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-04-27|others=Peerzada Ashiq|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

China reacted to the two reports by saying that India and Pakistan should take no unilateral decision with relation to Kashmir; and that the human rights of Kashmiris should be respected.<ref>{{Cite news|last=ANI|date=2019-09-10|title=China says it opposes any 'unilateral actions' that complicates situation in Kashmir|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/china-says-it-opposes-any-unilateral-actions-that-complicates-situation-in-kashmir-119091001240_1.html|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Kashmir conflict]]
[[Category:Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir]]

== Further reading ==

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