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Acts, Laws, and Treaties Treaty of Amritsar: March 16, 1846 Instrument of Accession: October 26, 1947 Kashmir in the Constitution of India Article 370 of the Consitution of India: November 17, 1952 The Code of Criminal Procedure: 1973 The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act: 1978 Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, imposed in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990 Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA): 1958 Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act: 1990 Amnesty International's Review of the AFSPA: 2005 Combat Law Article on the AFSPA: 2003 Disturbed Areas Act, 1976, enacted in Jammu and Kashmir in 1992 The Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act: 1976 Jammu And Kashmir Disturbed Areas Act: 1992 A list of all acts in relation to Kashmir; select: Free Text Search, type in "Kashmir" UN Documents and Resolutions UN Security Council Resolution 122: 1957 UN Resolutions on Kashmir All UN Security Council Resolutions UN Documentation Center Accords, Declarations, and Statements List of Indo - Pak Summits: August 29, 1947 - February 20 -21, 1999 Tashkent Declaration: 1966 The Simla Agreement: 1972 The Sheikh - Indira Accord: November 13, 1974 India - Pakistan Joint Statement: September 23, 1998 India - Pakistan Joint Statement: March 19, 1999 Lahore Declaration: February 21, 1999 A Comprehensive Note on Jammu and Kashmir from the Embassy of India Public Commissions People's Union for Democratic Rights (Delhi) Disputed Passages: A Report on Law, Reservations, and Agitations: April 1991 Lawless Roads: A Report on TADA 1985 - 1993: September 1993 Report of the All India Fact Finding Team into the Human Rights Situation in Jammu and Kashmir: June 2001 Shadow of Fear: Harassment of Kashmir Muslims in Delhi: February 2002 Freedom Fettered: Arrest and Detention of Journalist, Iftikhar Gilani: September 2002 End Army Rule: A Report on the Working of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in the North East: August 2004 - Committee for the Repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Delh Missing in Action: A Report on the Judiciary, Justice, and Army Impunity in Kashmir: September 2007 - Public Commission onHuman Rights (J&K) and People's Union for Democratic Rights (Delhi). International Commission of Jurists India - Human Rights in Kashmir : A Report of A Mission: 1995 UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Kashmir-related Documents US Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearings on Religious Freedom in India and Pakistan: September 18, 2000 Maps Maps of Kashmir Maps of Kashmir Human Rights Reports Amnesty International Annual report on the Republic of India - 2007 India: Punitive use of preventive detention legislation in Kashmir: May 16, 2000 India: If they are dead, tell us: Disappearances in Jammu and Kashmir: March 2, 1999 India: An appeal to armed opposition groups in Jammu and Kashmir: August 1, 1997 India: Jammu and Kashmir: Remembering Jalil Andrabi: March 27, 1997 Human Rights Watch "With Friends Like These..." Human Rights Violations in Azad Kashmir: September 2006 "Everyone Lives in Fear": Patterns of Impunity in Jammu and Kashmir: September 2006 Human Rights Watch Backgrounder: Recent Landmine Use By India And Pakistan: May 2002 India: Behind the Kashmir Conflict: Abuses by Indian Security Forces and Militant Groups Continue: July 1999 India's Secret Army in Kashmir: New Patterns of Abuse Emerge in the Conflict: May 1996 India: Arms and Abuses in Indian Punjab and Kashmir: September 1994 Dead Silence: The Legacy of Human Rights Abuses in Punjab: May 1994 Landmine Monitor Reports India: Landmine Monitor Report: August 2000 Pakistan: Landmine Monitor Report: August 2000 Médecins Sans Frontières Kashmir: Violence and Health. A quantitative assessment on violence, the psychosocial and general health status of the Indian Kashmiri population, November 2006 Kashmir earthquake: Six-month overview of MSF intervention: April 2006 India: Projects intensify in disputed border region: February 2002 Kashmir in MSF Activity Report 2000 - 2001 Physicians for Human Rights & Asia Watch (A Division of Human Rights Watch) The Crackdown in Kashmir: Torture of Detainees and Assaults on the Medical Community: 1993 The Human Rights Crisis in Kashmir: A Pattern of Impunity: June 1993 Films Jashn-e-Azadi (how we celebrate freedom): 2007 Documentary. India. Kashmiri/Urdu/Hindi/English. 138 min. Directed by: Sanjay Kak Produced by: Aijaz Hussain More forthcoming. Other Public Statements and Documents Online Archives of Historical Documents http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/documents/documents.html http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/sasia.htm Amnesty International 2007 India: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review First session of the UPR Working Group, 7-11 April 2008: November 2007 Impunity for enforced disappearances in Asia Pacific Region must end: August 2007 India: After a decade of empty promises, time to ratify CAT and end torture: June 2007 Elections to the United Nations Human Rights Council Background information on candidate countries: May 2007 2006 India: Amnesty International renews its call for an unconditional repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958: December 2006 India: Briefing: The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) Review Committee takes one step forward and two backwards: November 2006 India: Imminent Execution: Mohammad Afzal (m): September 2006 India: Continued detention two years after the repeal of POTA: September 2006 India: Targeted killings of members of minority groups must stop: May 2006 2005 India: Call to urgently consider the abolition of the death penalty: October 2005 India: Children unprotected in Jammu and Kashmir: July 2005 India: Briefing on The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958: May 2005 India: Amnesty International calls for repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958: May 2005 2004 Lives blown apart: Crimes against women in times of conflict: Stop violence against women: December 2004 Casualties of war: women's bodies, women's lives: Stop crimes against women in armed conflict: October 2004 The Wire (Amnesty Newsletter): September 2004 India: Call for repeal or review of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958: August 2004 Preventing Torture at Home - A Guide to the Establishment of National Preventive Mechanisms: May 2004 India: Use of excessive force against demonstrators: March 2004 2003 India: Jammu and Kashmir Government Must Uphold Promises to End Human Rights Abuses: December 2003 India: Open Letter to the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on the failed promises of the Common Minimum Program: December 2003 India: Report of the Malimath Committee on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System: Some observations: September 2003 India (Jammu/Kashmir): Impunity for Special Operations Group unacceptable: Jan 2003 2002 India: Open Letter to Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed: November 2002 India: Civilians are not legitimate targets : July 2002 India: Open letter to Law Minister Jana Krishnamurthi about the forthcoming trial of Abdul Rehman Geelani and three others: July 2002 India: Open letter to Law Minister about the trial of Abdul Rehman Geelani and three others: July 2002 India: Further information on: Death threats / fear for safety: Peer Noor ul Haq: June 2002 India/Pakistan: Civilians continue to bear the brunt of Jammu and Kashmir conflict: May 2002 India: More civilians targeted in Jammu and Kashmir: May 2002 2001 India: The POTB is not the answer to the attack on parliament: December 2001 India: Civilian deaths in Kashmir are unacceptable: December 2001 INDIA: Briefing on the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance: November 2001 India: Call for restraint in Kashmir: October 2001 India: Day of the "disappeared" - still no justice for the victims: August 2001 India: Proposed amnesty for security personnel must be rejected: August 2001 India: Use of the Public Security Act in Jammu and Kashmir: June 2001 India: Five years after Jalil Andrabi's death and still no decisive action taken to arrest those responsible: March 2001 India: Further information on: Death threats / fear for safety: Peer Noor ul Haq: March 2001 India: Torture is not a necessary evil : January 2001 India: Further information on Fear for safety /Torture: January 2001 2000 India: Welcome steps to end impunity in Jammu and Kashmir: November 2000 Take a Step to Stamp Out Torture: October 2000 India: Open letter to Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Farooq Abdullah: August 2000 India (Jammu and Kashmir): Day of the "Disappeared": August 2000 India: Open letter to Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir: August 2000 India: Further information on Fear for Safety Rolff Harfurt German tourist: August 2000 India: Fear for safety for the population of Jammu and Kashmir: August 2000 India: Civilians must not be pawns in political process in Jammu and Kashmir: August 2000 India: Fear for safety: Sheikh Ali Mohammad (60): July 2000 India: Fear for safety: June 2000 India: Proposed anti-terrorist legislation risks human rights violations: June 2000 India: The Prevention of Terrorism Bill. Past abuses revisited: June 2000 India: Government silence on impunity in Jammu and Kashmir: June 2000 INDIA: A trail of unlawful killings in Jammu and Kashmir: Chithisinghpora and its aftermath: June 2000 India: Fear of torture and possible death in custody: June 2000 India: Inquiries into Jammu and Kashmir killings must go ahead: May 2000 India: Punitive use of preventive detention legislation in Jammu and Kashmir : May 2000 India/Kashmir: Remaining prisoners of conscience should be released immediately: May 2000 INDIA: Persecuted for Challenging Injustice: Human Rights Defenders in India: April 2000 INDIA; Persecuted for challenging injustice: Human Rights Defenders in India: Appeals Cases: April 2000 India: Abuse of the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir: April 2000 India: Human lives must not become pawns on a political chessboard: March 2000 1999 Indian Airlines hijacking: Amnesty International calls for immediate release of hostages: December 1999 India: Amnesty International calls for the immediate release of APHC leaders: December 1999 India: 'If they are dead, tell us' - "Disappearances" in Jammu and Kashmir: March 1999 India: High time to end the suffering of the "disappeared" and their families in Jammu and Kashmir: February 1999 INDIA: Medical Letter Writing Action: Death in Custody: Mohammad Shafat Rather: January 1999 1998 INDIA: Submission to the Advisory Committee established to review provisions of the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993: October 1998 India: 50 years of independence -- Rights of people denied: August 1998 India: On anniversary - fate of hostages must not be forgotten: July 1998 India: Killings mar Republic Day: January 1998 1997 Signing of UN Convention against Torture – an encouraging step towards ending torture: October 1997 ASIA: ETHNICITY AND NATIONALITY: October 1997 Asia: Refugees flee worsening human rights situation: October 1997 India: Appeal to armed opposition groups in Jammu and Kashmir to abide by humanitarian law: August 1997 INDIA: Submission to the Human Rights Committee concerning the application of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: July 1997 INDIA: Appeal cases: July 1997 INDIA: High Time to Put an End to Impunity in Jammu and Kashmir: May 1997 1996 INDIA: Forthcoming Elections in Jammu and Kashmir Arouse Further Fear of Abuses: September 1996 Human rights abuses in the election period in Jammu and Kashmir: September 1996 INDIA: Amnesty International Concerned at Abduction of Journalists in Jammu and Kashmir: July 1996 INDIA: Amnesty International Calls for Release of Foreign Hostages on the Anniversary of Their Capture: July 1996 India: Amnesty International Hopes to Visit India This Month: June 1996 Prescription for Change: Health professionals and the exposure of human rights violations: May 1996 INDIA: Government and Armed Opposition Groups Should Respect Human Rights During Jammu and Kashmir Elections: May 1996 INDIA: Open letter from Amnesty International to political parties on the occasion of the April/May 1996 General Elections: April 1996 INDIA: Human Rights Activist Killed in Suspicious Circumstances: March 1996 Before 1995 India: Reaction to the government response to Amnesty International's report on "disappearances" and impunity in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab: June 1994 India: An Unnatural Fate-"Disappearances" and Impunity in the Indian States of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab: December 1993 RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE: Torture and Ill-treatment of Women in Detention: December 1991 The views expressed in the reports, maps, and statements listed on this page do not necessarily reflect those of the International Tribunal on Justice and Human Rights in Indian-Administered Kashmir.

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