On September 12, Pakistan released a 131-page dossier to the United Nations against India, claiming almost all the evidence that could lead India to a war crime and the Indian forces’ human rights violations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Pakistan made the United Nations clear in its dossier that all the atrocities being perpetrated by India in occupied Kashmir fall under the category of war crimes and a trial of India on these war crimes are possible. It is emphasized that after the recent death of popular Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Gilani, India has set a new example of oppression and barbarism in occupied Kashmir.
Pakistan highlighted three points in its dossier that particularly, after the recent death of popular Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani, India has set a new example of oppression and barbarism in occupied Kashmir.
Pakistan in its dossier on the inhumane siege imposed by India since 5 August 2019 in the occupied valley maintained that the oppressed Kashmiris are facing issues of internet, access to basic human resources, communications and mass killings.
In its dossier, Pakistan indicated to the United Nations that India is training ISIS terrorist groups in its various camps and trying to terrorize the Kashmir independence movement in any way instead of self-determination. India can use ISIS in Kashmir and other places to achieve this goal. However, Pakistan has taken a commendable step by exposing the nexus of India and ISIS in its dossier to the world.
Pakistan has included in its dossier most of the points and evidence which the Human Rights Council has mentioned in great detail in its reports. The Human Rights Council report also found evidence of murder, rape, prisons, use of pellet guns, imprisonment of children, and other crimes.
Pakistan’s demands to the United Nations include an end to human rights abuses in Kashmir, as well as stern action against the perpetrators of atrocities, and most importantly, people from other places are being resettled in Kashmir to turn the Muslim majority into a minority in Kashmir. Demands from Pakistan include the end of the genocide of Kashmiris, military operation, end of internet blockade.
The Pakistani government has taken a great step by exposing India’s atrocities and inhumane behavior to the world, but now Pakistan has to mobilize its embassies around the world to achieve the goal of this dossier. Although a copy of the dossier is being sent to all the ambassadors by the Foreign Office, the responsibility is not fulfilled here but all the ambassadors should be informed on a daily basis that they how the message was conveyed and what effect it had so that better results could be expected from the Security Council due to increasing pressure from the nations.
In the last few years, Pakistan has submitted several dossiers to the UN Secretary-General, but these dossiers have not yielded any significant results. THe country needs to work on the most legal diplomacy to expose the face of India. According to UN Charter 99, a Security Council meeting cannot be convened until the Secretary-General has handed over the dossier to the Security Council.
The government should make every effort to take this dossier to the Security Council under legal diplomacy and to the General Assembly to pass a resolution on it, as well as to increase the pressure on the OIC. The OIC raised the dossier to the United Nations as a bloc of 57 countries. The weight and importance of this dossier also increase because the war crime mentioned falls under the category of international law. Under Article 49 of the Geneva Convention, it is an offense to change the geographical proportions of any disputed territory.
The atrocities in Kashmir can be prosecuted in the International Criminal Court under Article 8. In particular, the dossier mentions the Human Rights Commission. It has been reported that a lot of killings are taking place and people are being blinded. Even the UN report has itself acknowledged blindness among Kashmiris. If there is one place in the world where pellet guns are most used, it is India, where 1.3 million pellets have been fired.
If all these things are repeated, India’s cruelty and barbarism can be exposed but the dossier is given to the UN Secretary-General but there is not much success in putting pressure on the international community. These issues are not discussed in the General Assembly and the Security Council and the issues remain as they are. This time it is hoped that Pakistan will also raise these issues in the General Assembly and the Security Council so that Kashmiris can be reached.
