Right on Kashmir’s rights?

Right on Kashmir’s rights?

News:

1. India criticize  UN body’s report on Kashmir as it violates its “sovereignty and territorial integrity”.

Important Facts:

2.The first ever report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Jammu and Kashmir, including Pakistan-occupied published last week.

3. The report has been in production since 2016.
4. A new wave of violence had then hit the Kashmir Valley , after killing of Hizbul Mujhahideen militant Burhan Wani.
5. Consequently, the OHCRC asked India and Pakistan to allow its team’s access to the State, a request that was refused.
6. The OHCHR used “remote monitoring” from local sources to write the report.

7.The report is controversial to India because:

• The report criticized India’s handling of the protests, alleged extra-judicial killings and hard tactics.
• The External Affairs Minister is also upset by the terms used to describe militant in the report.(For example- Hizbul Mujhahidee, which is regarded as terrorist organsiation by India, was described in the report as an “armed group”.)
• Report undermines the UN-led consensus on zero tolerance to terrorism.
• The report makes specific recommendations aimed at India, including removing the Armed Forces( Special Powers) Act from areas and instituting inquiries into alleged human rights violations.
• India has said that report violates its “sovereignty and territorial integrity” as it has used terms such as “Azad Jammu and Kashmir” and “Gilgit Balistan” to describe the part of the State under Pakistani control.
• India does not consider Pakistan’s control over a part of Kashmir as legitimate and describes the region as Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

India upset over report because the controversial terms used in the report can be interpreted as a sign of recognition of these regions as being part of Pakistan.