“The deaths of Kashmiris are the death of the UN’s commitment to the right to self-determination.”

Islamabad, December 22: India internationalized the Kashmir dispute by referring it to the UN in 1948. In its submissions, India itself endorsed the will of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to accede to Pakistan or to opt for independence, thus unconditionally conceding the case’s jurisdiction under the UN Charter. This legally anchors the Kashmir issue within the UN framework of self-determination, rendering all of India’s unilateral actions, particularly those taken after August 5, 2019, legally untenable and contrary to the will of the Kashmiri people.

These observations were made during a public talk titled “Resolution of Kashmir Problem under the UN Template,” held at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad. The participants included Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani, president of the Jammu Kashmir Council on Human Rights; Khalid Rahman, chairman of IPS; Farzana Yaqoob, former minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK); and Dr. Waleed Rasool, executive director of the Institute of Dialogue, Development, and Diplomatic Studies.

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