Acts, Laws, and Treaties
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UN Resolutions and Documents
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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
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
Human Rights Reports
Amnesty International
Annual report on the Republic of India - 2009
Annual report on the Republic of India - 2008
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.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/sasia.htm
Amnesty International
2008
India should investigate all allegations of enforced disappearances in Jammu and Kashmir following reports of mass graves: April 2008
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: April 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: January 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: September 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: Refuge! ETHNICITY AND NATIONALITY. Refugees: 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: July 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
Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances
11 April 2008:
Unearth the Skeletons Inside The Closet, Ferret Out The Truth/ Behind The Alleged Mass Graves in the Indian-Occupied Kashmir...
Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons
28 April 2008:
Press Statement on 'Facts Under Ground' Report
Human Rights Watch
07 April 2008:
India: UN Rights Council Should Tackle Impunity
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