
As much as the Foreign Office in our country would like to claim credit for the latest embarrassment suffered by New Delhi, we would like to point out that it is time India gritted its teeth and accepted responsibility for this bitter harvest of its own policies. Despite spending nearly 90 days in lobbying at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), only two states — Bhutan and Mauritius — actually testified in New Delhi’s favour. No matter how much you try to conceal it, the truth has a habit of revealing itself.
An upcoming session of the Human Rights Council is likely to consider establishing a Commission of Inquiry to conduct a comprehensive, independent international probe into allegations of rights violations in Kashmir. The 49-page report of the UN rights chief is quite a vindication of Pakistan’s standpoint on the dire situation in the disputed territory especially since 2016. The next logical step? An end to the atrocities. Perhaps.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 24th, 2018.
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