ISLAMABAD - Former Interior Minister and Institute of Research and Reforms Chairman Rehman Malik has said that Kashmir and Palestine are two places where human rights are being blatantly violated and humanity is being humiliated on daily basis but the UN and other human rights organisations are silent spectators.
He addressed and chaired a colloquium on International Human Rights Day which was organised by Islamabad Institute of Conflict Resolution (IICR), in collaboration with the Institute of Research & Reforms (IRR) and the Legal Forum for Kashmir (LFK).
He said that United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and Human Rights Day is observed on December 10, every year. He said that the purpose of observing this day is to create awareness among the masses about their social, cultural and physical rights and to raise voice against all kinds of oppression, discriminations, human rights violations and injustices around the world.
Rehman Malik said that unfortunately, the UN itself is not following the principles of equality because the world powers have been given veto power which is discriminatory against the rest of the world. He said that the resolutions passed in favour of the world powers are implemented immediately while the resolutions passed in favour of the smaller nations are ignored and never implemented by the United Nations. He expressed that there is no justice with discrimination so the law of equality is not being followed by the custodian of peace, equality, justice and human rights –the UN.
The former interior minister said that Kashmir and Palestine are two places where human rights are being openly violated and humanity is being humiliated but the United Nations and other human rights organizations are silent spectators. He said that UN Human Rights Commission has itself reported on 14th June, 2018 that from January 1989 to 31st January 2018, 94,700 Kashmiris killed, 8,000 killed in custody, 11,050 women were gang raped and 7,485 were injured by Indian forces.
Senator Rehman Malik moved a resolution urging UN to take notice of human rights violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir which unanimously adopted.