Human Rights, Environment, Justice Challenges in Kashmir
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The ABA International Law Section published a webcast session examining human rights, environmental, and justice challenges in Kashmir. The panel discusses allegations of suppression of freedoms, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and environmental degradation affecting the region. The session also covers accountability measures and grassroots initiatives sought by civil society.
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The ABA International Law Section released a recorded webcast session providing an overview of human rights abuses, environmental degradation, and justice challenges in Kashmir. The session discusses serious allegations including suppression of freedoms, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and the impact of climate change and militarism on local populations.
This informational resource is relevant to legal professionals and human rights advocates seeking background on Kashmir-related human rights issues. The webcast features academic experts discussing accountability gaps and civil society responses, but creates no compliance obligations or regulatory requirements for any parties.
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The human rights, environment, and justice and accountability conversations in Kashmir are largely over shadowed by geopolitics. Within the human rights situation there are serious allegations of suppression of freedoms,extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearances. Within the environmentalcontext in Kashmir, climate change, water scarcity, and militarism all have a heavy impact on the people of the Kashmir. In addition to these challenges, there are little to no reports of fair accountability and justice measures whichare being taken. This has led to grassroots initiatives to respond to in justices in these areas.
This session provides an overview of the human rights abuses in Kashmir, including serious allegations of suppression of freedoms, extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearances, and environmental degradation. The panel also discusses methods of accountability and justice civil society has sought and continues to seek as a result of impunity for continuing gross violations.
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Efthimia Bechrakis
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Arjun Singh Sethi
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Mona Bhan
South Asia Center, Syracuse University
Mona Bhan is Professor of Anthropology and Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies at Syracuse University. She is also the Director of the South Asia Center at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public...
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Nasir Qadri
Center For Global Public Law
Nasir Qadri is a Kashmiri International Law Practitioner and Doctoral Student in Public Law at Koç University, Istanbul. His research interests include Public International Law, Self-Determination, Law of Occupation,...
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