Pakistan seeks UN intervention to end human rights violations in IHK.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Thursday drew the attention of the United Nations high commissioner on human rights in Geneva towards the illegal annexation of India-held Kashmir (IHK) on Aug 5, 2019.

In a letter, Dr Mazari spoke about High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet's personal commitment to protecting and promoting human rights, and appealed to her to bring to a halt the forcible transfer of civilian populations to and from IHK.

She said that the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) has issued two reports on Kashmir, the first in June 2018 and the second in July 2019.

In both reports, the OHCHR raised concerns about the excessive use of force by Indian security forces in IHK. Dr Mazari said the excessive use of force was the standard modus operandi, as a recently released photograph from IHK showed a three-year-old child sitting by his grandfather's body in Sopore.

She said that in the absence of intervention by the international community, India seemed to have gained the strength to violate international human rights and humanitarian law, with no concern as to the consequences of these violations.

She added that India has granted around 25,000 Indian citizens domicile certificates in IHK, a violation of the fourth Geneva Convention, Article 49 of which states: 'The occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own...