TODAY, India is justifiably seen as a flagrant offender of international law, as its role in downplaying of established international norms in South Asia is no more hidden from the eye of international community. In its report, released in December, 2025, the UN’s experts panel has slammed India over potential violations of global law including Indian military strikes on Pakistan in May 2025, violating Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, its unilateral suspension of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), undermining the fundamental principles of the IWT and its heinous human rights crimes against the minorities in India, particularly the Kashmiris in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Obviously, these grave Indian infringements of its international obligations have increased regional tensions. As per the Panel’s recommendations, an amicable and peaceful settlement of these burning issues between India and Pakistan is significantly unavoidable to prevent a nuclear South Asia from further escalation.

In a landmark report released on December 15, 2025, United Nations special rapporteurs and independent experts while condemning India’s military strikes on Pakistan via Operation Sindoor in May 2025, regarded the Indian military attack on the Pakistani territory and its civilian population as grave violations of international law and the UN Charter. The UN experts’ panel found that India failed to provide any credential evidence linking Pakistan’s role in the Pahalgam attack in April 2025, which was used as justification to attack Pakistan.

Indian use of force against Pakistan’s sovereignty and its territorial integrity is prohibited under article........

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